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== Profile ==
== Profile ==
=== Personal ===
=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952 and 1953.
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* Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952.
* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
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* Was married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
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* Is married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
* Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.
* Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.
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* Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.
* Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.
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=== Achievements ===
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== Achievements ==
* Had a .330 batting average for his career.
* Had a .330 batting average for his career.
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* Was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.
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* Was named Minor League Manager of the Yearin 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the
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* Was named "Manager of The Year" in 1952 by the Pacific Coast League Baseball Writers Association.
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  Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.
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=== Outside of baseball ===
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== Outside of baseball ==
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* Was a cotton merchant during the off-season in 1952.
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* Is a cotton merchant during the off-season.
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=== Contract signing ===
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== Contract signing ==
* Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.
* Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.
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=== Career notes ===
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== Career notes ==
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* Out of baseball in 1943 and 1944.
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* 1943, 1944  Shows "Out of baseball"
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== Sources ==
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= Source ==
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}
 

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