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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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Oakland, California in 1953.
• Resided in Alameda, California in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of German-Irish-Dutch ancestry (1953) and German-Irish ancestry (1955).
• Listed hobbies as movies and reading.
• Single in 1955.
• Knocking out the same umpire, John Christoph in the California League, twice in one season with foul balls was his most unusual experience in baseball as of 1953.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Oakland Tech High School in 1951.
• Played baseball in high school.
• Played American Legion ball for Captain Bill Erwin Post #337 of Oakland who were the champions in 1949-1950.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a stockman during the off-season in 1953.
• Was "recently discharged" from the U.S. Army after 21 months of service in 1955.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bill Marshall of the Milwaukee Braves.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).