Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be recorded in this page's edit history.
WARNING: If you are seeing this message, javascript is disabled in your browser.
JAVASCRIPT IS REQUIRED TO EDIT USING THIS FORM - YOUR CHANGES WILL NOT BE SAVED.
You can edit by enabling javascript and reloading this page.
Quick Reference: {{#sabr-lightbox-iframe:http://sabrpedia.org/helpers/popup.php?title=Help:Cut_and_paste_citation_reference | Quick references for citing sources | width:850px; height:350px; scrolling:auto; boxLeft:-50%; boxTop:-50%; | Citing sources }} • {{#sabr-lightbox-iframe:http://sabrpedia.org/helpers/popup.php?title=Help:Cleanup_popup | Quick references for disagreement and cleanup | width:850px; height:450px; scrolling:auto; boxLeft:-50%; boxTop:-50%; | Disagreement and cleanup }} • More to come...
Narrative: ({{#sabr-lightbox-iframe:http://sabrpedia.org/helpers/popup.php?title=Help:Full_narrative_popup | Writing narratives about people | width:750px; height:350px; scrolling:auto; boxLeft:-50%; boxTop:-50%; | What's this? }})
{{person-narrative-stub}} == Profile == === Personal === * Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1955. * Self-identified as African-American. * Single in 1955 === Pre-professional career === * Graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. * Played baseball in high school. * Attended the University Of Southern California. == Outside of baseball == * Worked for a real estate agency in apartment rentals division during the off-season in 1955. * Served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps for two years. == Contract signing == * Was signed to his first professional contract by Howard Haak of the Brooklyn Dodgers. == Source == * {{cite-book | title=1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition)}}
Edit summary:
This is a minor edit Watch this page
Cancel