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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Career notes 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Irish-German ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as fishing, art work and model airplanes.
• Name given as Albert (Al) Harold Lyons, Jr in the 1952 PCL Thumbnail Sketches.
• Had the unusual experience of being on pennant-winning clubs in both major leagues in consecutive years, the New York Yankees in 1947 and the Boston Braves in 1948.
• His biggest thrill was the 1948 World Series.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Washington High School in Los Angeles.
• Won honors as All-Southern California prep fullback in high school.
• Played American Legion ball.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a die artist and rubber engraver during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Career notes

• In the Navy in 1945.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.