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Merkle923 · 04-21-2025, 07:17 PM

The follow-through pose I've posted before. The slightly color faded batting pose, I had not previously seen. These shots are so 1972 it hurts.

Allan Montreuil was just 5'5" which wasn't much of an issue when he was a schoolboy legend in Louisiana in the '50s and '60s, nor in his time at Loyola of New Orleans. It began to be when he signed with the Red Sox. He went to the Cubs in the Ray Culp trade and finally got a September call-up in September, 1972, aged 29. Thirteen games, three starts at second base, a walk, a hit (in his debut game), and he was never even photographed by Topps. But Brace got him.

He's on two minor league cards, both with the Cubs' top farm club at the time, Wichita, in 1973 and 1974.

It was pronounced MON-tre-el, roughly like the city but a heavy emphasis on the first syllable.

04-21-2025, 07:17 PM	#37437
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,149	Al Montreuil 1972 The follow-through pose I've posted before. The slightly color faded batting pose, I had not previously seen. These shots are so 1972 it hurts. Allan Montreuil was just 5'5" which wasn't much of an issue when he was a schoolboy legend in Louisiana in the '50s and '60s, nor in his time at Loyola of New Orleans. It began to be when he signed with the Red Sox. He went to the Cubs in the Ray Culp trade and finally got a September call-up in September, 1972, aged 29. Thirteen games, three starts at second base, a walk, a hit (in his debut game), and he was never even photographed by Topps. But Brace got him. He's on two minor league cards, both with the Cubs' top farm club at the time, Wichita, in 1973 and 1974. It was pronounced MON-tre-el, roughly like the city but a heavy emphasis on the first syllable. Attached Images Last edited by Merkle923; 04-21-2025 at 08:07 PM.