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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Oradell, New Jersey in 1954.
  • Self-identified as being of German and Spanish ancestry.
  • Shows his hooby is all sports.

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in 1953.
  • Played soccer, basketball and baseball in high school.
  • Made all-state team two years in soccer and baseball.
  • Chosen all-league in basketball.
  • Attended Duke University.
  • Played soccer at Duke University.
  • Played American Legion baseball.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Helps his father who is a piping contractor during the off-season.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Signed to his first professional contract by Chuck Ward of the Philadelphia Phillies.

[edit] Sources

  • 1954 Pioneer League Index (Third Edition).
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