Early Life and Career
Napp was born in Brooklyn, New York and played as a catcher in high school and in the minor leagues from 1938 to 1940 in the Eastern Shore League, PONY League and Michigan State League. He also boxed professionally as a lightweight and welterweight from 1936 to 1938. A judo expert, he served as a chief fitness instructor in the Navy from 1942 to 1946 at USNTC Bainbridge, Maryland and Staten Island during World War II.
He began umpiring in the minor leagues in 1948, working in the Middle Atlantic League (1948) and International League (1949–50) before moving up to the AL.
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