Wilbur Morrell/pagetext
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1954.
- Self-identified as being of Scottish, Indian and English ancestry.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Graduated from West High School in 1953.
- Played baseball, basketball and football in high school.
- Tied his high school strikeout record with eighteen in one game.
- Attended the University of Utah.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Is a clothing salesman during the off-season.
[edit] Contract signing
- Was signed to his first professional contract by Gordon L. Jones of the New York Yankees.
[edit] Source
- 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).