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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
* Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1952. | * Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1952. | ||
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* Self-identified as being of American-German ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of American-German ancestry. | ||
| - | * | + | * In his first professional game with Henderson in the 1947 Lone Star League, his twin brother, a pitcher, got beat and Elvin hurt his leg. |
* Throwing out four Fort Worth players in 1950 that helped him win a regular post on the Beaumont club was his greatest thrill. | * Throwing out four Fort Worth players in 1950 that helped him win a regular post on the Beaumont club was his greatest thrill. | ||
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=== Outside of baseball === | === Outside of baseball === | ||
| - | * | + | * Was a sporting goods salesman during the off-season as of 1952. |
* Served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and 1946. | * Served in the U.S. Navy in 1945 and 1946. | ||
* Tappe and his brother ran a sporting goods business in Quincy after their baseball careers ended.{{footnote-web | url=http://www.quincybluedevilsportshalloffame.com/year/etappe.php | title=El Tappe, Quincy Blue Devils Hall of Fame | year=2009 | month=6 | day=11|label=bluedevils}} | * Tappe and his brother ran a sporting goods business in Quincy after their baseball careers ended.{{footnote-web | url=http://www.quincybluedevilsportshalloffame.com/year/etappe.php | title=El Tappe, Quincy Blue Devils Hall of Fame | year=2009 | month=6 | day=11|label=bluedevils}} | ||
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=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | * {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}} | ||
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