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- | == Profile ==
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- | === Personal ===
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- | * Resided in Alvarado, Texas in 1955.
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- | * Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
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- | * Married with one son in 1955.
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- | * Graduated from Alvarado High School in 1951.
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- | === Pre-professional career ===
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- | * Played basketball and football in high school.
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- | === Achievements ===
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- | * Struck out 159 batters in 189 innings in the 1952 Longhorn League.
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- | === Outside of baseball ===
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- | * Worked in a steel mill during the off-season in 1952.
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- | * Was "recently discharged" from the U.S. Army after two years of service as of 1955.
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- | === Contract signing ===
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- | * Was signed to his first contract by [[Jim Walkup (00b4)|Jim Walkup]].
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- | == Sources ==
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- | * {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}}
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