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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Birmingham, Alabama in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of American ancestry.
• Single in 1955.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Shades Valley High School in 1953.
• Played football, basketball and baseball in high school.
• Attended Howard College and did some coaching during the off-season.
• Played American Legion baseball.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Dickey Martin of the New York Yankees.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).