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== Profile ==

=== Personal ===
* Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952.
* Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
* Was married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
* Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.

=== Pre-professional career ===
* Attended Mississippi A & M.
* Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.

=== Achievements ===
* Had a .330 batting average for his career.
* Was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.

=== Outside of baseball ===
* Was a cotton merchant during the off-season.

=== Contract signing ===
* Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.

=== Career notes ===
* 1943, 1944  Shows "Out of baseball"

== Sources ==
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}





== Profile ==

=== Personal ===
* Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1953.

=== Achievements ===
* Was named "Manager of The Year" in 1952 by the Pacific Coast League Baseball Writers Association.

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