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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in San Gabriel, California in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of German ancestry.
• Listed hobby as singing in 1953.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Denby High School in Detroit, Michigan in 1948.
• Played baseball in high school.
• Attended John Muir College during the off-season in 1953.
• Played semi-pro ball for Spencer and Estherville in the Iowa State League.
• Pitched a no-hit game in American Legion competition in Detroit.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Served in the U.S. Army for 21 months.
• Veteran of the Korean War.

[edit] Contract signing

• Signed for the Dodgers by Harold (Lefty) Phillips.

[edit] Relatives

• Son of George Loepp, an outfielder with the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox from 1928 thru 1930.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).