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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of German-Irish ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as hunting and fishing.
• Married with two daughters in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Wilsonville, Nebraska High School in 1935.
• Lettered in basketball, football and track in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Pitched eight shutouts in the 1942 Eastern League, winning seven by 1-0 score.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was an insurance salesman during the off-season in 1955.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).