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| - | == Career highlights ==
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| - | === Personal ===
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| - | * Was residing in San Francisco, California in 1949 and 1955.
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| - | * Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry
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| - | * Married in 1955.
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| - | === Outside of baseball ===
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| - | * Worked as a grocery clerk in the off-season in 1949.
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| - | * Served in the U.S. Army for one year
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| - | * Was a bartender during the off-season in 1955.
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| - | * Served in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years.
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| - | * Refereed basketball games for charity in the winter as a hobby as of 1955.
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| - | === Pre-professional career ===
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| - | * Participated in baseball, track, football, and basketball at Galileo High School in San Francisco, graduated in 1945. He was chosen to play in the Esquire Boys Game.
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| - | * Played in the first Esquire All-American baseball game in 1944.
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| - | === Contract signing ===
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| - | * Was signed to his first contract by Joe Devine of the New York Yankees.
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| | == Sources == | | == Sources == |
| - | * {{cite-book|title=1949 California League Gold Book}}
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| - | * {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}}
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| | * {{cite-book | title=1977 Texas Rangers Organizational Record Book}} | | * {{cite-book | title=1977 Texas Rangers Organizational Record Book}} |
