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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in San Diego, California in 1952 and 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry in 1952, and of Scottish-Irish-German ancestry in 1954.
• Listed hobbies as hunting, fishing, golf and dancing in 1952, and as guns, hunting, and golf in 1954.
• Graduated from San Diego High School.
• Being sold to the Boston Braves by San Diego following the 1947 season was his greatest thrill.

Pre-professional career

• Lettered in baseball, football and track in high school.
• Attended San Diego State.
• The 1952 PCL Thumbnail Sketches suggests he did not participate in athletics at San Diego State, but the 1954 California League Gold Book indicates that he played baseball and basketball there.
• Attended San Diego State but did not take part in athletics.
• Played American Legion ball.

Outside of baseball

• Was an insurance salesman during the off-season in 1952.
• Was a draftsman during the off-season in 1954.
• Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for three years.

Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).