From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 2 Source =

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of African-American ancestry.
• Says the toughest thing in baseball, as far as he is concerened, was being released by Scranton, a Boston Red Sox farm club, and he was hitting .333 at the time.
• Says hitting a home run with the bases loaded off a pitcher who the night before had struck him out, also with the bases loaded, was his greatest baseball thrill.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Fairfield High School.
• Played basketball in high school.
• Attended Alabama State College.
• Played basketball in college.
• Played with the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro American loop from 1943 through 1949.

Outside of baseball

• Played baseball during the off-season as of 1952.

Source =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.