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From SABR Encyclopedia

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

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Ankeny, Iowa in 1954.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Played baseball, baskeball, and football in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Works in a tractor plant during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

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

[edit] Sources

• 1954 Pioneer League Index (Third Edition).
• Social Security Death Index (SSN: 482-24-5651).