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== Profile == === Personal === * Resided in Sun Valley, California in 1953. * Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry. * Listed hobby as golf in 1953. * Was out of baseball with a leg injury in 1937 and 1938. === Pre-professional career === * Attended Sacramento Main High School. * Played baseball and football in high school. === Outside of baseball === * Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season. === Achievements === * Got a single his first time at bat when he was only 17. * Hitting a home run off Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians in the fifth game of the 1948 World Series was his biggest baseball thrill. * Was manager of Tucson in the 1939 Arizona-Texas League when he was only 22 years old. === Contract signing === * Was signed by Sacramento when he was 17. == Sources == * {{cite-book | title=1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition)}}
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