11-15-2020, 09:29 PM
(11-15-2020, 09:22 PM)Hightop77 Wrote:He had brother and sister die and I'm sure he helped them at some point. Went through a divorce and where he had big house down near Arlington he had to sell to break even. Got 2 kids from that marriage; Son went on to play at A&M and is very successful.  Daughter does fine with her career in hair salon, etc but not in same league as brother. Has two grandsons who are very smart and educated but I'm sure he helped them.  Guy is just content to watch westerns and Perry Mason and stay in apt. He's going to move down to Texas with his son next year. We are leaving the butt hole of Ohio about the same time. He's not broke at all, but I'd say pretty frugal.(11-15-2020, 09:20 PM)zigbee Wrote:(11-15-2020, 09:18 PM)Hightop77 Wrote:He started drawing that in his 40s.  He's 74 so I know for sure he's been on that pension lot longer than 10 years.(11-15-2020, 09:13 PM)zigbee Wrote:(11-15-2020, 08:55 PM)Hightop77 Wrote: He is supposed to have a net worth of $5 million. Also guys that played a long time like Bench and Oliver have nice pensions probably about 100k a year.I'd be surprised at that.  I really doubt 100 K. I do know those pensions are standard based on years played and NOT on average salary. Oliver is pissed about that. I would bet he is closer to 60K that 100.  I've seen him take jobs in the school locally as truant officer and also president of the board for children services.  I could not tell you what he has in the bank as he's frugal.  He's lost some money and probably helped his family at times. Al is not big on having money although he wants 5 K for autograph signing shows.  At any rate he is content aside he would love to be in HOF. If Harold Baines is there...Oliver should be there.
I pulled up something while ago that stated Oliver's pension would be 90k a year if he waited until age 62 to start drawing it. Considering his salary he should have easily been able to do that if he handled his money reasonably.
Sounds like he didn't manage his money well.
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