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Contents 1 Sources 2 Profile 2.1 Personal 3 Outside of baseball 4 Career notes 5 Source

Sources

• http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/columns/story?columnist=reeves_jim&id=4847932, retrieved on 2010-01-22.

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Fort Worth, Texas in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of English-Irish ancestry.
• Started as an infielder in 1937 with Panama City in the Alabama-Florida League and switched to

 catching in 1942 when he was a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and all of their catchers
 were injured and Manager Hans Lobert asked if anyone could catch; Bragan had caught a bit around  
 Birmingham in sandlot and semi-pro circles.

• During the winter of 1952 he managed Almendares in the Cuban League.
• Shows he was manager of Fort Worth in the 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 And 1952 Texas League.

Outside of baseball

• Spent two years in the U. S. Army.
• Served as an infantry lieutenant in World War II in 1945-1946.

Career notes

• 1945, 1946 Shows "Armed Forces (Army)"

Source

• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.