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

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second baseman who appeared in five

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for the 1972 Chicago Cubs. Montreuil was listed as tall and . He threw and batted right-handed. A graduate of De La Salle High School in New Orleans, Montreuil attended Loyola University before being signed by the

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in 1964. He was sent to the Cubs in 1969 after spending almost four full years at the Double-A level in the Boston organization. Montreuil made his Major League debut on September 1, 1972, at

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in a 14–3 win against the

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. He collected his lone MLB

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in the fourth inning of that game, a

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off right-hander Bill Greif. Montreuil started three games at second base for Chicago in the waning weeks of 1972, handling 15

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without making an error. He played in the Cubs' organization through 1975. After his retirement from baseball, Montreuil worked as a

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and

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before retiring in 1999. For the last 40 years of his life, he lived in

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. He died on January 18, 2008, and was interred at Westlawn Memorial Park & Mausoleum in Gretna, Louisiana.

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