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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Buffalo, Minnesota in 1955.
- Self-identified as being of German and Norwegian ancestry.
- Single in 1955.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Buffalo High School in 1950.
- Played basketball and baseball in high school.
- Led the high school basketball team in scoring during his senior year from the guard position.
- Pitched two no-hitters in high school.
- His high school baseball team were the state runners-up in 1950.
- Was a student at the University of Minnesota during the off-season.
- Played freshman basketball and baseball at the University of Minnesota.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Served forty-five months in the U.S. Air Force.
[edit] Contract signing
- Was signed to his first professional contract by Ivy Griffin of the Chicago Cubs.
[edit] Sources
- 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).