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| - | == Profile ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Resided in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1952.
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| - | * Got his nickname "Tookie" when youngsters and his brothers let him take batting practice with them; they would call him "Rookie" but Harold pronounced it "Tookie".
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| - | === Achievements ===
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| - | * Was named to the 1949 Southern Association All Star team while playing for Nashville.
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| - | * Led the 1951 American Association in home runs with 29.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was signed by [[Mel Ott]], manager of the 1952 Oakland Oaks, in 1946 for $50,000; at that time Mel Ott was a New York Giants scout.
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| - | * Numerous clubs were after Tookie so his father, Lary Gilbert, Sr., co-owner of the Nashville team in the Southern Association, put the names in a hat and pulled out Ott's.
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| - | == Sources ==
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
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