Editing Lou Brock (section)

== Early life ==
Brock was born in [[El Dorado, Arkansas]], to a family of [[Sharecropping|sharecroppers]].<ref name=" Lou Brock Looks Back on His 19-Year Hall of Fame Career">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ysDAAAAMBAJ&q=lou+brock+baseball+digest&pg=PA66 |title=Lou Brock Looks Back on His 19-Year Hall of Fame Career |author=Eisenbath, Mike |date=December 1984 |magazine=Baseball Digest |access-date=April 19, 2011}}</ref> His family moved to [[Collinston, Louisiana]], when he was two years old.<ref name="Success Story: Lou Brock's Climb to the Hall of Fame">{{cite magazine|title=Success Story: Lou Brock's Climb to the Hall of Fame|author=Fortus, Bob |publisher=Century Publishing|date=November 1985|pages=39–|magazine=[[Baseball Digest]]|issue=11|volume=44}}</ref> While his family did not have much money, he said that he never felt poor because, "If you don't have something, you don't miss it."<ref name=" Lou Brock Looks Back on His 19-Year Hall of Fame Career"/> Brock grew up as a fan of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], the team that included [[Jackie Robinson]], [[Don Newcombe]], and [[Roy Campanella]].<ref name=" Lou Brock Looks Back on His 19-Year Hall of Fame Career"/> Although he did not play in organized baseball until he reached the 11th grade, he learned much about the sport from listening to Cardinals radio broadcaster [[Harry Caray]] describe the way major league hitters stood at the plate.<ref name="Lou Brock Looks Back on His 19-Year Hall of Fame Career"/> After attending high school in [[Mer Rouge, Louisiana]], he received academic assistance to attend [[Southern University]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], but when a low grade in his first semester meant the possibility of losing his scholarship, he decided to try out for the school's baseball team in order to secure an athletic scholarship.<ref name="Success Story: Lou Brock's Climb to the Hall of Fame"/>