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Article: OBITUARY: HOWIE SCHULTZ 1922-2009; Former Hamline standout played pro baseball and basketball; The St. Paul Central graduate, 87, played for three major league clubs before being part of two Minneapolis Lakers championship teams.(SPORTS)(Obituary)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- October 31, 2009
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Byline: DENNIS BRACKIN; STAFF WRITER
St. Paul's Howie Schultz, one of the first athletes nationally to play Major League Baseball and in the NBA, died early Friday morning at age 87 after a four-month battle with cancer.
Schultz, who was a standout basketball player at St. Paul Central High School and Hamline University, had lived in Stillwater for 20 years before moving to Eden Prairie in the past year to be closer to family.
Schultz was offered a job playing baseball for Grand Forks in the Northern League the summer before enrolling at Hamline in 1941. Schultz played four years of basketball at Hamline -- helping the Pipers win their first ...