Harry Schwab was one of the greatest high school athletes in the history of the state of Ohio. Schaub  earned 11 letters at Stivers High School in Dayton,  starring in football, basketball and baseball. He was the star of three consecutive  Ohio  State Championship high school basketball teams in 1918, 1919 and 1920.  Schaub was enrolled briefly at Wesleyan College and the University of Dayton, but did participate in sports for either school. Schwab play professional basketball for ten seasons, primarily with independent teams in Ohio . Schwab spent the 1924-25 season with the Cleveland Rosenblums, one of the premier independent pro teams in the country. During the 1929-30 season, Schwab served as player-coach for his hometown Dayton Kelleys who competed in the  championship finals of the National Professional Basketball League, but lost in six games.  Schwab hit .305 during an eight year minor league baseball career,  but never made it to the major leagues  Schwab also was a member of the PGA for 28 years. He was the head pro at Dayton Community Country Club for many years and capped his golf career by winning a Senior PGA Tournament.

Howie Schultz graduated from Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota and attended Hamline University in the same city. During his sophomore year, Hamline won the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) championship and Schultz was named an All-American. While still in college, Schultz started to play minor league professional baseball. Schultz left school in the spring of 1943 to devote full time to baseball. He made his major league debut in August of 1943 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Schultz played major league baseball for six seasons (1943 -1948). Schultz started playing professional basketball in 1946 with the Anderson Packers of the National Basketball League. Schultz was player-coach of the 49-50 Packers until he was traded at midseason to the Fort Wayne Pistons. Schultz won two National Basketball Association championships in the early fifties as a member of the Minneapolis Lakers. Starting in the  the mid-sixties, Schultz  was the head basketball coach at Hamline University for seven years..