Glenn Lukenbill/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in Olive, California in 1954.
- Self-identified as being of German ancestry.
- Listed hobbies as collecting phonograph records and fishing.
Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Orange High School in 1951.
- Played baseball and basketball in high school.
- Graduated from Orange Coast College with an A.A. degree.
- Played baseball in college.
- Was captain of his college team which won the Southern California Junior College title; he hit a 400-foot homer in the championship playoff game.
Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Ken Penner of the Saint Louis Cardinals.
Sources
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).