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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 North Hollywood, California in 1953 and 1954.
• Self-identified as being of English-French-Czech ancestry (1953) and English-French-Polish ancestry (1954).
• Listed hobbies as fishing and playing the piano in 1953, fishing in 1954.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from North Hollywood High School in Long Beach in 1951.
• Played baseball and basketball in high school.
• Attended Valley Junior College.
• Played American Legion ball with Los Angeles Post #337 or #307.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a milkman during the off-season in 1953, a painter in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Ivy Griffin of the Chicago Cubs.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 570-34-9531).