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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in Milton, Massachusetts in 1952.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
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| - | * Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
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| - | * Hit a bases loaded home run off Bob Feller in his first game that was a spring exhibition game.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Attended high school in New Hope, Alabama.
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| - | * Was an all-state guard in basketball in high school.
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| - | * Attended the University of Alabama but did not graduate.
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| - | * Won a basketball letter at the University of Alabama.
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Led the 1937 Southern Association in sacrifice hits with 26.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Did construction work and coached basketball during the off-season in 1952.
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| - | * In the armed forces in 1945.
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| - | === Sources ===
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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