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Career highlights
Outside of baseball
- Played for the Boston Celtics in the BAA during the 1946-47 and 1947-48 seasons.
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Brooklyn, New York in 1952.
- Shows his hobbies are public speaking, radio work and amateur photography.
- One of the best public speakers and actors in the sport.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Seton Hall.
- Starred in baseball and basketball at Seton Hall.
Outside of baseball
- Has played professional basketball with the Boston Celtics but now spends the off-season as an
insurance salesman.
- During the war he was an instructor at West Point, teaching tank driving, gunnery and maintenance;
among his pupils were Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis, Army's famous touchdown twins of the gridiron.
Career notes
- 1941 Shows "Voluntarily retired"
- 1943, 1944, 1945 Shows "Armed Forces (Army)"
Source
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
