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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 El Monte, California in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Welsh-Dutch ancestry.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended El Monte High School.
• Won baseball, basketball and football letters in high school.
• Was captained of the grid team in high school.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Worked in Ralph Kiner and Max West sporting goods store during the off-season.
• Served in the Armed Forces during World War II.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was drafted by the Philadelphia A's in 1948.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.