Career
A 6"1" guard, Tosheff played at Indiana University from 1947 to 1951 after a stint with the United States. Army Air Corps. In 1988, Tosheff founded the Pre-1965 National Basketball Association Players Association in order to secure fair pension plans for National Basketball Association players who were active before 1965. Tosheff lobbied to close a loophole in the National Basketball Association pension that granted benefits to post-1965 players with a minimum of three years of service, but required pre-1965 players have five years of service.
A San Diego resident, Tosheff died in Hawaii from cancer aged 85 on October 1, 2011.
