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[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

  • Resided in Los Angeles, California in 1955.
  • Self-identified as African-American.
  • Single in 1955

[edit] Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C.
  • Played baseball in high school.
  • Attended the University Of Southern California.

[edit] Outside of baseball

  • Worked for a real estate agency in apartment rentals division during the off-season in 1955.
  • Served in the U. S. Army Signal Corps for two years.

[edit] Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by Howard Haak of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[edit] Source

  • 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).
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