Wallace Rushing

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Wallace Rushing
Wallace Lowell Rushing
"Dud"
Bat/Throw:	L/R
Height:	6' 1"
Weight:	192
Born:	1929-6-18 at Tampa, FL (US)
Died:	2001-3-28 at Melbourne, FL (US)

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Wallace Rushing was a professional player.

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Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Outside of baseball 1.4 Contract signing 1.5 Playing in less than ten games statistics 2 Sources

Profile

Personal

• Resided in Tampa, Florida in 1955.
• Self-identified as being of Dutch-Irish ancestry.
• Single in 1955.

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.

Outside of baseball

• Was "recently discharged" from the U.S. Army after 35 months of service in an airborne unit as of 1955.

Contract signing

• Was signed to his first contract by Mike McCully of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Playing in less than ten games statistics

• 1951 Terre Haute Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League No statistics shown

Sources

• 1955 Pioneer League Index (Fourth Edition).