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From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Ruthven, Ontario, Canada in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of English ancestry.
• Single in 1955.
• Hit a home run in his first professional game.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Graduated from Leamington High School.
• Participated in basketball, football and track in high school.

[edit] Achievements

• Led the 1954 Alabama-Florida League outfielders in fielding percentage with .985.
• Was second in home runs with 22 and runs scored with 143 in the 1954 Alabama-Florida League.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a carpenter during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed to his first professional contract by Bernie Guest of the Athletics.

[edit] Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).