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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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Latest revision as of 00:49, 30 June 2010

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Achievements 1.5 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] 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.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Sacramento Main High School.
• Played baseball and football in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Is an assistant manager of a wholesale flower shipper during the off-season.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed by Sacramento when he was 17.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).