Gerald Blackburn

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Gerald Blackburn
Gerald Spencer Blackburn
"Blackie"
Bat/Throw: R/L
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 215
Born: 1930-5-18 at Mount Airy, NC (US)
Died: 2005-11-3
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Gerald Blackburn was a professional player.

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Personal

  • Resided in Kannapolis, North Carolina in 1955.
  • Self-identified as being of American Indian (Cherokee) ancestry.
  • Listed hobby as reading old and new newspapers and magazines.
  • Single in 1955.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from J. W. Cannon High School in 1949.
  • Played football and baseball in high school.
  • Retired the first batter on a grounder and then struck out the remaining 26 opposing batters in a game in his senior year in high school.

Outside of baseball

  • Handled concrete products during the off-season in 1955.
  • Served two years in the U.S. Army.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first contract by Neal "Tex" Millard of the Cincinnati Reds.

Relatives

  • Brother of Ron Blackburn, a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization.

Sources

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
  • Social Security Death Index (SSN: 241-38-1390).


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