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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Detroit, Michigan in 1955.
  • Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as golf.
  • Single in 1955.
  • Says his baseball ambition is - "money".

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Denby High School in 1952.
  • Played baseball in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball in Detroit.

Achievements

  • Led the 1952 Coastal Plain League shortstops in putouts with 210.

Outside of baseball

  • Was a mambo dance instructor dduring the off-season.
  • Served two years in the U.S. Army.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Lou D'Annunzio of the Detroit Tigers.

Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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