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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).
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