Allan Arthur Montreuil (August 23, 1943 – January 18, 2008) was an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

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 second baseman who played 5 games for the 1972 Chicago Cubs

1972 Chicago Cubs season

- Offseason :* November 29, 1971: Ken Holtzman was traded by the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics for Rick Monday.* December 1, 1971: Ernie Banks was released by the Cubs....

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A graduate of De La Salle High School in New Orleans, Montreuil attended Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans

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 before being signed by the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 as an amateur free agent in 1963. He made his Major League debut with the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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 on September 1, 1972 at Wrigley Field

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 in a 14-3 win against the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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. Montreuil played in the Cubs organization until 1975.

After his retirement from baseball, Montreuil worked as a small business owner

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 and realtor

Real estate broker

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 before retiring in 1999. Montrueil died on January 18, 2008, and was interred at Westlawn Memorial Park & Mausoleum in Gretna, Louisiana

Gretna, Louisiana

The city of Gretna is the parish seat of Jefferson Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. Gretna is on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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