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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Alvarado, Texas in 1955.
  • Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
  • Shows he is married and has one son.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Alvarado High School in 1951.
  • Played basketball and football in high school.

Achievements

  • Struck out 159 batters in 189 innings in the 1952 Longhorn League.

Outside of baseball

  • Worked in a steel mill during the off-season.
  • Was recently discharged from the U.S. Army after two years of service.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Jim Walkup, who is the Manager of Paris in the East Texas League.

Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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