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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1954.
  • Self-identified as being of Polish ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as collecting sport books.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Haverhill High School in 1951.
  • Played basketball and baseball in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball.

Outside of baseball

  • Cutting shoe linings was his occupation during the off-season in 1954.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by Joe Cusick of the Saint Louis Cardinals.

Sources

  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
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