Oliver Cheso/pagetext
From SABR Encyclopedia
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Profile
Personal
- Resided in San Francisco, California in 1952 and 1953.
- Self-identified as being of Italian ancestry.
- Listed hobbies as hunting and swimming.
Pre-professional career
- Attended Mission High School.
- Won a block "M" award for athletic participation in high school.
- Was named on the all city high school team.
- Attended Saint Mary's College, did not graduate.
- Did not participate in sports at college.
- Played American Legion ball.
Career notes
- Refused to report to Vancouver at the start of the 1952 season and had been playing semi-pro ball while working with his father as a plasterer.
- Had a tryout with Oakland as a catcher early in the 1952 season but was released.
Sources
- 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
- 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.