Gene Conley
Donald Eugene" Gene" Conley (November 10,1930 - July 4,2017) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and basketball player of the NBA. He was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Conley played 11 seasons from 1952 to 1963 for four different teams. Conley also played forward in the 1952-53 NBA season and from 1958 to 1964 for two teams in the National Basketball Association.
He was best known for being one of only two people (the other being Otto Graham-1946 NBL and AAFC Championship, plus three more AAFC and three NFL championships) to win championships in two of the four major American sports, one with the Milwaukee Braves in the 1957 World Series and three Boston Celtics championships from 1959-61.
Conley died in Foxborough, Massachusetts on July 4,2017 at the age of 86.
References
Other websites
BaseballLibrary. com: Gene Conley
Baseball-Reference. com: Gene Conley
Basketball-Reference. com: Gene Conley
SABR Baseball Research Project: Gene Conley
Conley had twice as much fun at The Boston Globe
1930 births
2017 deaths
Boston Braves players
Milwaukee Braves players
Philadelphia Phillies players
Boston Red Sox players
Boston Celtics players
New York Knicks players
Sportspeople from Oklahoma
People from Muskogee, Oklahoma