Al Olsen/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

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 LaMesa, California in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of Scandinavian ancestry.
• Said in 1952 that each game is a thrill, chiefly because no two games are ever alike.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended San Diego High School.
• Won two letters in baseball and also lettered in tennis in high school.
• Was picked all-Southern California prep pegger.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a student at San Diego State during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Career notes

• In the Air Force, 1944-1945.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.