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		+	== Profile ==
		+
		+	=== Personal ===
		+	* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
		+	* Resided in Long Beach, California in 1953.
		+	* Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry.
		+	* Listed hobby as golf in 1952 and 1953.
		+	* Described as one of the finest fielding first basemen in the game in the 1952 PCL Thumbnail Sketches.
		+	* Was an accomplished drummer.
		+	* Getting his first major league home run in Yankee Stadium in 1946 was his biggest thrill.
		+
		+	=== Pre-professional career ===
		+	* Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
		+	* Was the first baseman on that school's Southern California championship team in 1936.
		+	* Played American Legion ball.
		+
		+	=== Achievements ===
		+	* Hit .316 for Springfield in the 1939 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to help them win the pennant.
		+	* Was honored in 1950 by Look magazine as being the outstanding Minor League first baseman in organized baseball.
		+
		+	=== Outside of baseball ===
		+	* Played golf during the off-season as of 1952.
		+	* Was a veteran of World War II, and served during the 1943-1945 seasons.
		+
		+	=== Sources ===
		+	* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}
		+	* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Long Beach, California in 1952.
• Resided in Long Beach, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish ancestry.
• Listed hobby as golf in 1952 and 1953.
• Described as one of the finest fielding first basemen in the game in the 1952 PCL Thumbnail Sketches.
• Was an accomplished drummer.
• Getting his first major league home run in Yankee Stadium in 1946 was his biggest thrill.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
• Was the first baseman on that school's Southern California championship team in 1936.
• Played American Legion ball.

[edit] Achievements

• Hit .316 for Springfield in the 1939 Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League to help them win the pennant.
• Was honored in 1950 by Look magazine as being the outstanding Minor League first baseman in organized baseball.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Played golf during the off-season as of 1952.
• Was a veteran of World War II, and served during the 1943-1945 seasons.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.