Wallace Rushing/pagetext
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[edit] Profile
[edit] Personal
- Resided in Tampa, Florida in 1955.
- Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
- Single in 1955.
[edit] Pre-professional career
- Graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1948.
- Played baseball and football in high school.
- Attended the University of Florida during the off-season and is in his senior year.
- Played varsity baseball and football at the University of Florida before turning pro.
[edit] Outside of baseball
- Was "recently discharged" from the U.S. Army after 35 months of service in an airborne unit as of 1955.
[edit] Contract signing
- Was signed to his first contract by Mike McCully of the Philadelphia Phillies.
[edit] Playing in less than ten games statistics
- 1951 Terre Haute Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League No statistics shown
[edit] Sources
- 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).