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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Career notes 1.4 Contract signing 2 Sources =

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of German ancestry.
• Shows he was born in Burnett, Wisconsin.
• Joined the pro ranks in 1942 after starring in a state tourney in Wisconsin.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Pitched a no-hitter for Beaver Dam in the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper baseball tourney.

[edit] Career notes

• In the armed forces 1943-1945.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed by Bill Veeck, who then owned the Milwaukee club.
• After the war Linde had a sore arm but nevertheless, Cleveland drafted him in 1946.

[edit] Sources =

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 390-12-4342).
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.