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- | == Profile ==
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- | === Personal ===
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- | * Resided in Mobile, Alabama in 1952 and 1953.
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- | * Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry.
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- | * Listed hobbies as fishing and golf.
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- | * According to the 1952 PCL Thumbnail sketches, he threw left-handed.
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- | === Outside of baseball ===
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- | * Served in the U.S. Navy in 1944 and 1945.
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- | === Contract signing ===
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- | * Was purchased from Minneapolis by Oakland in December, 1951.
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- | === Career notes ===
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- | * Started out as a first baseman but shifted to the outfield.
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- | * In the Navy from 1944-1945.
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- | == Sources ==
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- | * {{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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