Gene

Gene was born missing his left arm below the elbow.  He has never worn a prosthesis.  As a child he played softball for the T&P Railroad Cubs.  As a young man (until he was 42) he played softball on city leagues and played softball and basketball with the Fort Worth Amputees.  He has also competed as an amateur roller skater, water skied, ridden a motorcycle since he was 14 and all the things “regular” people do.

He is retired from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after 31 years, and other years with various survey, mapping and insurance firms.

He is a charter member of the One Arm Dove Hunt Association and has attended all  of the annual hunts since it began in 1972.  Gene is married to Pat, is the father of 3 daughters, grandpa to 3 grandchildren.