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		+	== Profile ==
-	{{person-narrative-stub}}	+	=== Personal ===
		+	* Resided in Sacramento, California in 1952.
		+	* Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
		+	* Worked four innings in his first game for Midland in the 1938 West Texas-New Mexico League, losing 5-2.
		+	* Helping Spokane win the Western International League title on the last day of the 1948 season was his greatest thrill; the club had been in the second division in mid-August, then won 45 of its last 56 games with Frank tossing the pennant-clincher.
		+
		+	=== Pre-professional career ===
		+	* Attended Elk Grove, California High School.
		+	* Was on the all-star diamond team for three years.
		+
		+	=== Achievements ===
		+	* Set a new Western International League record whe he pitched 300 innings in 1948.
		+	* Led the 1948 Western International League in complete games with 30.
		+
		+	=== Outside of baseball ===
		+	* Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1952.
		+	* Served in the U. S. Navy during World War II, 1943-1945.
		+	* His ship was sunk off the coast of Samoa and Frank and his buddies were in the water 48 hours before being rescued.
		+
		+	=== Career notes ===
		+	* Served as fill in 2nd base umpire for 1st game of twi-night doubleheader between Sacramento and Portland on July 21, 1952.{{footnote-newspaper | title= Sacramento-Portland Boxscore July 21, 1952 | newspaper= The Sporting News| year= 1952| month= 08| day= 06| pages= 23| last= | first= | url= }}
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		+	== Sources ==
		+	* {{cite-book | title=1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches}}

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Career notes 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Sacramento, California in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of English-Danish ancestry.
• Worked four innings in his first game for Midland in the 1938 West Texas-New Mexico League, losing 5-2.
• Helping Spokane win the Western International League title on the last day of the 1948 season was his greatest thrill; the club had been in the second division in mid-August, then won 45 of its last 56 games with Frank tossing the pennant-clincher.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Elk Grove, California High School.
• Was on the all-star diamond team for three years.

[edit] Achievements

• Set a new Western International League record whe he pitched 300 innings in 1948.
• Led the 1948 Western International League in complete games with 30.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a truck driver during the off-season in 1952.
• Served in the U. S. Navy during World War II, 1943-1945.
• His ship was sunk off the coast of Samoa and Frank and his buddies were in the water 48 hours before being rescued.

[edit] Career notes

• Served as fill in 2nd base umpire for 1st game of twi-night doubleheader between Sacramento and Portland on July 21, 1952.^[1]

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.