Flavio Alfaro was a member of the famous 1984 United States Olympic Baseball team. Alfaro was a shortstop with the San Diego State Aztecs when selected for the elite team alongside future well known Major League Baseball

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 players such as Mark McGwire

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, Barry Larkin

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, Will Clark

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, Cory Snyder

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, Bobby Witt

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, Oddibe McDowell

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, Shane Mack, and Bill Swift

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 to name a few. Alfaro would go on to play only one season in the minor leagues with the Durham Bulls of the Atlanta Braves

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' system. He appeared in the 1985 Topps baseball card set as a part of the U.S. Olympic team cards.

Sources

• Baseball Reference
• Baseball Cube