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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Source = 3.1 Profile 3.1.1 Personal 3.2 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
• Says the toughest thing in baseball, as far as he is concerened, was being released by Scranton,

 a Boston Red Sox farm club, and he was hitting .333 at the time.

• Says hitting a home run with the bases loaded off a pitcher who the night before had struck him

 out, also with the bases loaded, was his greatest baseball thrill. 

Pre-professional career

• Attended Fairfield High School.
• Played basketball in high school.
• Attended Alabama State College.
• Played basketball in college.
• Played with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American loop from 1943 through 1949.

Outside of baseball

• Plays baseball during the off-season.

Source =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953.

Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.