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		+	== Profile ==
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		+	=== Personal ===
		+	* Resided in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1955.
		+	* Self-identified as being of American Indian (Cherokee) ancestry.
		+	* Listed hobby as reading old and new newspapers and magazines.
		+	* Single in 1955.
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		+	=== Pre-professional career ===
		+	* Graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1949.
		+	* 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.
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		+	=== Outside of baseball ===
		+	* Handled concrete products during the off-season in 1955.
		+	* Served two years in the U.S. Army.
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		+	=== Contract signing ===
		+	* Was signed to his first contract by Neal "Tex" Millard of the Cincinnati Reds.
		+
		+	=== Relatives ===
		+	* Brother of [[Ron Blackburn (a8cd)|Ron Blackburn]], a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.
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		+	== Sources ==
		+	* {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}}
		+	* {{cite-ssdi|ssn=241-38-1390}}

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Contract signing 1.5 Relatives 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of American Indian (Cherokee) ancestry.
• Listed hobby as reading old and new newspapers and magazines.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1949.
• 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.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Handled concrete products during the off-season in 1955.
• Served two years in the U.S. Army.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Neal "Tex" Millard of the Cincinnati Reds.

[edit] Relatives

• Brother of Ron Blackburn, a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 241-38-1390).