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Contents

Notebook

  • Source: 1951 Boston Braves Roster Book

Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1951.

Contract signing

  • Signed by Jeff Jones.

Sources

  • 1951 Boston Braves Roster Book.



Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1955.
  • Self-identified as being of Portuguese ancestry.
  • Shows his hobbies are golf and tennis.
  • Shows he is single.
  • Hitting a home run and being called out for failing to touch first base was his most unusual
 experience in baseball.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Lowell High School in 1948.
  • Lettered in baseball and basketball in high school.

Outside of baseball

  • Is a salesman during the off-season.
  • Served in the U. S. Army for two years.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Bill Marshall of the Milwaukee Braves.

Source

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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