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== Profile ==

=== Personal ===
* Resided in Oakland, California in 1953.
* Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
* Was the sole support of his parents as well as five brothers and two sisters.
* His father is unable to work due to chronic asthma.

=== Pre-professional career ===
* Attended McClymonds High School in Oakland, California.
* Played baseball three years in high school.
* Won eight and lost none and batted .369 including four doubles and a triple in his final prep  year.
* Played two years of American Legion ball in Oakland for a team his father managed.
* Won five and lost two in American Legion ball in 1952.
* Was acclaimed as "Oakland's best prep baseball player" at the 1952 American Legion prep all-star game in Oakland as he struck out seven in four innings and allowed only three hits and no runs in the all-star game.

=== Outside of baseball ===
* Was employed at the American Red Cross Headquarters in San Francisco during the off-season.

== Sources ==
* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}