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Line 26: * [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby\|1978}}–{{mlby\|1979}}) }} '''Harold Joseph Wallis''' (born January 9, 1952) is a ~~retired~~former [[Americans\|American]] [[center fielder]] who spent five seasons in [[Major League Baseball]] with the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Oakland Athletics]]. He was nicknamed "'''[[Tarzan]]'''" because of his penchant for [[Diving (sport)\|cliff diving]].<ref>[http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/cooperstown-confidential-tarzan-joe-wallis1/ Markusen, Bruce. "Cooperstown Confidential: Tarzan Joe Wallis," The Hardball Times, Friday, August 14, 2009.] Retrieved October 6, 2012.</ref> A native of [[East St. Louis, Illinois]], Wallis attended [[McCluer High School]] and [[Southern Illinois University Carbondale]]. In 1971 and 1972, he played [[collegiate summer baseball]] with the [[Chatham A's]] of the [[Cape Cod Baseball League]].<ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf \|title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League \|publisher=capecodbaseball.org \|date= \|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> He was selected by the Cubs in the sixth round of the [[1973 MLB Draft]].

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