Bruce Newlin/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Glendale, California in 1954.
• Self-identified as being of German-Irish ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as golf and basketball.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Glendale High School in 1952.
• Played baseball, football and basketball in high school.
• Attended Glendale College during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Goldie Holt of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Sources

• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).