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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1953 and 1954.
• Self-identified as being of Danish-Irish ancestry.
• Listed hobbies as playing piano and fishing in 1953, and as playing piano, harmonica, ukelele and guitar, collecting records, playing golf, and bowling in 1954.
• Graduated from Franklin High School in 1952.
• Attended Glendale College.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball and basketball in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Pitched a no-hit game while in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a student during the off-season in 1954.
• Was in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1954.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Gordon (Deacon) L. Jones of the New York Yankees.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).
• 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).