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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Newport Beach, California in 1955.
  • Listed hobby as collecting phonograph records.
  • Married in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Van Nuys, California High School in 1951.
  • Participated in baseball, track and football in high school.
  • Pitched two no-hitters against Eagle Rock High School.
  • Attended Pasadena City College.
  • Played football at college.
  • Played semi-pro ball for a strong Paramount Dodgers team in the Los Angeles area.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Served in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years.

[edit] Contract signing

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

[edit] Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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