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From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Portland, Oregon in 1952.
- Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
- Listed hobby as all sports.
- Got one hit in his first pro game with the Idaho Falls Russets of the 1946 Pioneer in Salt Lake City.
- Turned from the outfield to the mound in 1950 with Wenatchee of the Western International League.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Dawson, New Mexico High School.
- Made all state in 1939 and 1940 in basketball in high school.
- Attended Greeley State College in Colorado (official name at the time was Colorado State College of Education, name as of 2010 was University of Northern Colorado).
- Did not participate in sports at college.
- Played American Legion ball.
Outside of baseball
- Was a beer bottler during the off-season in 1952.
Sources =
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- Social Security Death Index (SSN: 525-24-8422).