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== Profile == | == Profile == | ||
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=== Personal === | === Personal === | ||
* Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954. | * Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954. | ||
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=== Pre-professional career === | === Pre-professional career === | ||
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* Plays Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League. | * Plays Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League. | ||
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* Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars. | * Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}} | * {{cite-book | title=1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition)}} | ||
| - | * | + | * {{cite-ssdi|ssn=549-44-9532}} |
Revision as of 13:14, 5 May 2010
Contents |
Profile
Personal
- Resided in Mountain View, California in 1954.
- Listed hobby as fishing.
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.
- Plays Winter ball for Palo Alto Oaks in the San Francisco-Peninsula League.
Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Bob Fontaine of the Hollywood Stars.
Sources
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
- Social Security Death Index (SSN: 549-44-9532).
