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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 2 Contract signing 3 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Davenport, Iowa in 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
• Showed hunting and fishing as his hobbies.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Davenport High School in 1950.
• Played baseball, basketball and football in high school; pitched team to state championship in 1949-1950.
• Attends the University Of Iowa during the off-season and is in his senior year.
• Played varsity baseball and basketball at the University Of Iowa.
• Played American Legion ball in Davenport.
• Played semi-pro ball for Lowden, Iowa.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Carl Ackerman of the Cincinnati Reds.

[edit] Sources

• 1953 Pioneer League Index (Second Edition).
• "Obituary". Quad Cities (IA) Times, 2009-08-31.