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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Buffalo, New York in 1952 and 1953.
• Married with two children in 1952.
• Self-identified as being of German ancestry.
• Graduted from Saint Joseph Institute in Buffalo in 1940.
• Attended Seton Hall College for one year.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball, football, and basketball in high school.
• Played baseball and basketball in college.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was an electric truck operator during the off-season in 1952.
• Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for 37 months.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 California League Gold Book (Fourth Edition).
• 1953 California League Gold Book (Fifth Edition).