born Henry William Valentin
Born:
April 24, 1917
San Anselmo, CA
Died:
October 8, 1994
Cle Elum, WA
Career
1943-44 Camp McQuiade (Military)
1944-45 Camp Ross (Military)
1946-47 Navy Site Sailors - Tacoma, WA (Independent)
1947-48 Tacoma Mountaineers (PCBL)
Born to Henry and Minini Valentin, Vallee served in the U.S. Army during World War two and played minor league baseball for a few years, including a couple years with the Tacoma Tigers which is what brought him to playing basketball with the Mountaineers in December of 1947. He would go on to work in structural steel and involved in many construction projects in the Pacific Northwest.
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