DON ARNDT

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1986

LAS VEGAS, NV

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1987

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

DON ARNDT, A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME WHO LED HOWARD’S TO A PAIR OF USSSA MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIPS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF DENVER, NORTH CAROLINA, ARNDT GAVE NEW MEANING TO THE TERM OLD PRO BY PLAYING AT THE MAJOR LEVEL WELL PAST HIS 50^TH BIRTHDAY. HE HANDLED PITCHING AND CATCHING CHORES. WITH MORE THAN 6,000 CAREER HOME RUNS AND .600 PLUS BATTING AVERAGE, ARNDT WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM FOUR TIMES, HE ENJOYED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1978 AND 1981.

THE 6 FOOT 5 INCH, 240 POUNDER WAS A CLUTCH PERFORMER WHO BATTED A RECORD .846 AT THE 1983 WORLD SERIES.

PLAYING HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITH HOWARD’S, ARNDT ALSO COMPETED IN THE MIXED AND MASTER’S PROGRAMS WITH EQUAL SUCCESS.