Daily News | Bob M. Schaeffer, longtime Philadelphia teacher and sportsman, has died at 70
Bob M. Schaeffer, 70, of Philadelphia, a longtime physical education teacher in the School District of Philadelphia, sportsman, environmentalist, and dog lover, died Wednesday, May 4, of liver disease at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital.
He was an avid skier, bicyclist, and beach bum. He hit the slopes often in Park City, Utah, and scaled the sand dunes on long summer days in Ocean City, N.J. And when things got tense, Mr. Schaeffer would say: “It’s all good.”lists his occupation as “retired at happily retired.”Mr. Schaeffer was an organic gardener and conservationist. He brightened a vacant lot next to his house with plants and flowers, never used fertilizer or chemicals, and got angry when he saw cigarette butts in the street.
Born in Philadelphia Aug. 30, 1951, Mr. Schaeffer graduated from Northeast High School in 1969 and West Chester State College, now West Chester University, with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1973. He wore No. 72 and was anfor the 1968 Northeast football team that went 9-1 overall and won the Philadelphia Public League championship with an 8-0 record.
He attended reunions with his high school teammates, and they posed for pictures at recent Northeast football games. “He was a good athlete,” said his brother, Paul.
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