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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
* Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1952. | * Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1952. | ||
| + | * Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1953. | ||
* Self-identified as being of American-German ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of American-German ancestry. | ||
| - | * | + | * Playing 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 === | ||
| - | * | + | * Worked as a sporting goods salesman during the off-season in 1952 and 1953. |
* 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}} | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}} | ||
Latest revision as of 04:14, 29 October 2010
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1952.
- Resided in Quincy, Illinois in 1953.
- Self-identified as being of American-German ancestry.
- Playing 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.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Attended high school in Quincy, Illinois.
- Played baseball and basketball in high school.
- Graduated from Quincy College with a B. A. degree in 1950.
- Played American Legion ball in Quincy in 1943 and 1944.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Worked as a sporting goods salesman during the off-season in 1952 and 1953.
- 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.[1]
[edit] Achievements
- Tappe was selected to the Quincy HS and the Quincy College Hall of Fame.[1]
[edit] Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.
