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- | == Profile ==
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- | === Personal ===
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- | * Resided in Vancouver, Washington in 1953.
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- | * Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish-German ancestry.
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- | === Pre-professional career ===
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- | * Attended Vancouver High School.
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- | * Played baseball and basketball in high school.
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- | * Twiced pitched Vancouver High School to district championships and once to the state title.
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- | * Was selected as star of the 1950 All-Star game and pitched the State team to a victory over Seattle.
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- | * Played Junior League Legion ball at Vancouver in 1949 and 1950.
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- | * In 1950 his Junior League Legion team won the Southern Division and district titles.
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- | * He was one strike away from a no-hit, no-run game with the Junior Legion team.
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- | * In his first pro game he went in as a relief pitcher for Portland and set the side down without a hit with two strikeouts.
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- | == Sources ==
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}
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