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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1955.
  • Self-identified as being of German-Irish ancestry.
  • Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
  • Married with two daughters in 1955.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Wilsonville, Nebraska High School in 1935.
  • Lettered in basketball, football and track in high school.

Achievements

  • Pitched eight shutouts in the 1942 Eastern League, winning seven by 1-0 score.

Outside of baseball

  • Was an insurance salesman during the off-season in 1955.

Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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