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	=== Outside of baseball ===		=== Outside of baseball ===
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-	* Served in the U.S. Army for 4 1/2 months.	+	* Served in the U.S. Army for 4.5 months.
	=== Contract signing ===		=== Contract signing ===

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Contract signing 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Long Beach, California in 1953.

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach in 1950.
• Played baseball in high school.

Outside of baseball

• Was an aircraft worker during the off-season in 1953.
• Served in the U.S. Army for 4.5 months.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Bob Hughes of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).