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	=== Pre-professional career ===		=== Pre-professional career ===
-	* Attended Evenston, Illinois High School.	+	* Attended Evanston, Illinois High School.
	* Played baseball at Evanston High School.		* Played baseball at Evanston High School.
	* Graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1954.		* Graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1954.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Outside of baseball 3 Contract signing 4 Source

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of Irish-German ancestry.
• Shows he is single.
• Having a no-hitter in the ninth inning with two out and two strikes on the third batter, then

 losing the no-hitter when the batter beat out an infield hit was his most unusual baseball
 experience.

Pre-professional career

• Attended Evanston, Illinois High School.
• Played baseball at Evanston High School.
• Graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1954.
• Played baseball and basketball at Los Angeles High School.

Outside of baseball

• Is a student during the off-season.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Bobby Mattick of the Cincinnati Reds.

Source

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).