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== Profile ==
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=== Personal ===
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* Resided in Milton, Massachusetts in 1952.
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* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
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* Shows his hobbies are hunting and fishing.
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* Shows he was born in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
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* Hit a bases loaded home run off Bob Feller in his first game that was a spring exhibition game.
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=== Pre-professional career ===
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* Attended high school in New Hope, Alabama.
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* Was an all-state guard in basketball in high school.
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* Attended the University Of Alabama but did not graduate.
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* Won a basketball letter at the University Of Alabama.
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== Achievements ==
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* Led the 1937 Southern Association in sacrifice hits with 26.
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== Outside of baseball ==
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* Does construction work and coaches basketball during the off-season.
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== Career notes ==
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* 1945  Shows "Armed Forces"
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= Source ==
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* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}

Revision as of 15:45, 28 January 2010


Contents

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Milton, Massachusetts in 1952.
  • Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
  • Shows his hobbies are hunting and fishing.
  • Shows he was born in Owens Cross Roads, Alabama.
  • Hit a bases loaded home run off Bob Feller in his first game that was a spring exhibition game.

Pre-professional career

  • Attended high school in New Hope, Alabama.
  • Was an all-state guard in basketball in high school.
  • Attended the University Of Alabama but did not graduate.
  • Won a basketball letter at the University Of Alabama.

Achievements

  • Led the 1937 Southern Association in sacrifice hits with 26.

Outside of baseball

  • Does construction work and coaches basketball during the off-season.

Career notes

  • 1945 Shows "Armed Forces"

Source =

  • 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.