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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1953.
  • Self-identified as being of Irish-English ancestry.
  • Shows his hobbies are collecting coins, swimming and basketball.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Belmont High School in 1951.
  • Played baseball and basketball in high school.

Outside of baseball

  • Was a stevedore for a railroad during the off-season in 1953.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by John Moore of the Milwaukee Braves.

Sources

  • 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).