Howie Schultz, the only man apart from Gene Conley to play in the major leagues and the NBA long enough to qualify for both pensions, has died of cancer aged 87. He leaves two children and his wife Gloria, who he was married to for 64 years.
In a 470 game career, Schultz played baseball for Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Cincinnati. He averaged .241 with 208 RBIs and 24 home runs. He was the player benched when the Dodgers brought in MLB's first African-American player, Jackie Robinson.
In basketball he was part of the Hamline University team which won the 1942 national championship before playing with the Anderson Packers in the NBL. When the NBA absorbed the NBL he played for the Fort Wayne Pistons and later the Minneapolis Lakers.
