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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in West Covina, California in 1955.
• Listed hobbies as fishing and ceramics.
• Married as of 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Covina High School in 1950.
• Lettered in baseball, football, basketball and track in high school.
• Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a Degree in Physical Education.
• Played varsity baseball at the University of California at Los Angeles.
• Hit .322 in the CIBA Conference in 1954 and was named to the conference All-Star Team.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Did post-graduate work during the off-season as of 1955.
• Was a member of the Air Force R.O.T.C.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Jacques Fournier of the Chicago Cubs.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).