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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Omaha, Nebraska in 1954.
  • Self-identified as being of Czech ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as reading in 1954.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Ludlowville, New York High School in 1941.
  • Participated in soccer, basketball, baseball and track in high school.
  • Graduated from Ithaca, New York College with a B.S. Degree.
  • Participated in football, soccer, basketball, baseball and track in college.

Outside of baseball

  • Was engaged in transportation work during the off-season in 1954.
  • Served in the armed forces for three years.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Benny Borgmann of the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Sources

  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
  • Social Security Death Index (SSN: 085-12-7217).
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