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== Profile ==

=== Personal ===
* Resided in Flint, Michigan in 1953.
* Self-identified as being of French ancestry.
* Made a putout a the plate, having to dive for the base runner and came up with a face full of  lime, in his first game with the Detroit Tigers in 1930 against the Boston Red Sox.
* Catching against the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth, as he was his idol, Gene says was his  greatest thrill.
* Catching Lefty Grove's one-hitter in the 1939 season opener against Washington would also rate high in Gene's thrill department.
* Opening days seem to be "the" days for Gene as he drove in eight runs on opening day in 1947, with Toronto against Baltiore, getting two home runs and a single with one of the home runs being with the bases full. 
* Was named manager of Sacramento during the winter of 1952.

=== Pre-professional career ===
* Attended Mary E. Wells High School.
* Played baseball, basketball and football and was a member of the track team in high school.
* Graduated from Holy Cross in 1930. 
* Played baseball and basketball at Holy Cross.

=== Achievements ===
* Led the 1935 Pacific Coast League catchers in assists with 97 and fielding average with .981.
* Caught a 14 inning game on August 11, 1942 with the Cleveland Indians without having a fielding  chance.

=== Outside of baseball ===
* Was connected with the Flint Youth Bureau during the off-season.
* Was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1945 after serving a year and one-half.

== Sources ==
* {{cite-book | title=1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book}}