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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Contract signing 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Ponchatoula, Louisiana in 1954.
• Listed hobbies as reading and playing cards.
• Reported to Bisbee-Douglas as a catcher and was converted to a pitcher and then won his first game on the mound.
• Shows his nickname is "Easy".

Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Greenville Park High School in 1952.
• Played basketball and baseball in high school.
• Was selected on the All-District Prep Basketball Team, 1950-1951-1952.

Outside of baseball

• Worked at a cypress company during the off-season in 1954.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Tom Downey of the Boston Red Sox.

Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).