the Celtics, for a conspiracy to keep him out of the league. In December, the NBA approved the contract when the Celtics and Sauldsberry agreed to conditions laid down to them and the suit was officially dropped in January 1966. He played his last NBA game on March 1, 1966, missing the rest of the regular season and playoffs due to a back injury. Later life Sometime in the late 90s, Sauldsberry was diagnosed with diabetes and had to have his leg amputated. He died September 3, 2007, aged 73 in Baltimore, Maryland. An article by Dan Klores alleges that when Sauldsberry died, "he was broke, alone and on the verge of losing his left leg to diabetes, which took his right." NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs References External links Brodie, James Michael "Life and Basketball: The Redemption of Woody Sauldsberry" Baltimore City Paper, March 28, 2001 Woody Sauldsberry statistics provided by BasketballReference.com Fond Farewell – National Basketball Retired Players Association. 1934 births 2007 deaths African-American basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players from Louisiana Boston Celtics players Centers (basketball) Chicago Packers players Chicago Zephyrs players Compton High School alumni Harlem Globetrotters players National Basketball Association All-Stars New Haven Elms players People from Winnsboro, Louisiana Philadelphia Warriors draft picks Philadelphia Warriors players Power forwards (basketball) St. Louis Hawks players Texas Southern Tigers men's basketball players 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people