Octogenarian retires

FORT WORTH, Texas – Wayne Terwilliger, the 80-year-old manager who was once Jackie Robinson’s backup as a player, retired Tuesday after 57 seasons in professional baseball.

Terwilliger this season coached the independent Fort Worth Cats to the Central Baseball League championship. When the Cats won at Shreveport on June 27, his 80th birthday, the manager known as “Twig” joined Connie Mack as the only octogenarian managers in baseball history.

Fort Worth was the 16th team Terwilliger coached.