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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 Kirkwood, Missouri in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Irish ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Saint Mary's High School.
• Played baseball, football and basketball in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Works for a sporting goods manufactrer during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Lou Maguolo of the New York Yankees.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).