Scott played
baseball during high school and, later, in a
bush league against other counties. While still living in Fairfield, he became a local rodeo celebrity. He began playing
racquetball in the 1950s and was ranked a top player for many years. Upon turning 70, Scott played 70 racquetball games against 70 opponents over a 10-day period for $1 to $5 a point, raising more than $1,500 for the
National Kidney Foundation. During the 1980s he won gold, silver and bronze medals in both singles and doubles competitions for players 70 years and older in the
Senior Olympics. Scott also played
basketball, and in 1995 won a
free throw basketball competition in San Diego in the 80-to-85 age bracket. He wrote a memoir,
The Missouri Kid about growing up as a hillbilly in the
Missouri Ozarks. He also wrote a pamphlet about salesmanship, which was published in the 1950s. ==Family==