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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954.
• Listed hobby as fishing.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Mountain View High School in 1953.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Was chosen Most Valuable Player in prep league in 1953.
• Pitched a no-hit, no-run game in the championship playoff game in high school.
• Played American Legion ball.
• Played Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 549-44-9532).