Don LeJohn

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Don LeJohn
Donald Everett LeJohn
Bat/Throw: R/R
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 175
Born: 1934-5-13 at Daisytown, PA (US)
Died: 2005-2-25 at California, PA (US)
Interred: Cremated
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Don LeJohn was a professional player and manager.

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Personal

  • Resided in Daisytown, Pennsylvania in 1955.
  • Self-identified as being of Belgian and Hungarian ancestry.
  • Married in 1955.
  • Nickname "Ducky".

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from California Community High School in 1952.
  • Played baseball and football in high school.
  • Played American Legion baseball.

Outside of baseball

  • Was a mill worker during the off-season.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by Jim Russell of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).


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