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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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* Resided in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1955. | * Resided in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1955. | ||
* Self-identified as being of American Indian (Cherokee) ancestry. | * Self-identified as being of American Indian (Cherokee) ancestry. | ||
| - | * | + | * Shows his hobby is reading old and new newspapers and magazines. |
| - | * | + | * Shows he is single. |
=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
* Graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1949. | * Graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1949. | ||
* Played football and baseball in high school. | * Played football and baseball in high school. | ||
| - | * Retired the first batter on a grounder and then struck out the remaining 26 opposing batters in a game in his senior year in high school. | + | * Retired the first batter on a grounder and then struck out the remaining 26 opposing batters |
| + | in a game in his senior year in high school. | ||
| - | + | == Outside of baseball == | |
| - | * | + | * Handles concrete products during the off-season. |
| - | * Served two years in the U.S. Army. | + | * Served two years in the U. S. Army. |
| - | + | == Contract signing == | |
* Was signed to his first contract by Neal "Tex" Millard of the Cincinnati Reds. | * Was signed to his first contract by Neal "Tex" Millard of the Cincinnati Reds. | ||
| - | + | == Relatives == | |
| - | * | + | * His younger brother, Ronald Blackburn, is a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}} | * {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}} | ||
| - | * | + | * Social Security Death Index account number 241-38-1390 |
