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External links
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1948, united, states, olympic, basketball, team, competed, 1948, summer, olympics, along, with, other, basketball, teams, basketball, tournament, held, london, england, wembley, stadium, team, their, second, straight, gold, medal, after, 1936, summer, olympic,. The 1948 United States men s Olympic basketball team competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics along with 22 other basketball teams The basketball tournament was held in London England at Wembley Stadium Team USA won their second straight gold medal after 1936 Summer Olympic Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II The team was made up of Amateur Athletic Union and college basketball players 1 1948 United States men s Olympic basketball teamHead coachBud Browning1948 Summer OlympicsScoring leaderAlex Groza 11 1 19361952 Contents 1 Roster 2 USA match ups 8 0 3 Final standings 4 Team USA 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksRoster EditName 2 Position Height Weight Age Home Town Team SchoolCliff Barker Forward 6 2 150 27 Yorktown Indiana KentuckyDon Barksdale Center 6 6 225 25 Berkeley California Oakland Bittners UCLA Ralph Beard Guard 5 10 176 20 Louisville Kentucky KentuckyLew Beck Guard 6 0 165 26 Pendleton Oregon Phillips 66ers Oregon State Vince Boryla Guard 6 3 190 21 East Chicago Indiana Denver Nuggets Denver Gordon Carpenter Center Forward 6 7 220 21 Ash Flat Arkansas Phillips 66ers Arkansas Alex Groza Center 6 7 220 21 Martins Ferry Ohio KentuckyWallace Jones Center Forward 6 4 205 22 Harlan Kentucky KentuckyBob Kurland Center 7 0 220 23 Jennings Missouri Phillips 66ers Oklahoma State Ray Lumpp Guard 6 0 170 25 East Williston New York NYUR C Pitts Forward 6 5 200 29 Oxford Mississippi Phillips 66ers Arkansas Jesse Renick Guard 6 2 185 30 Marietta Oklahoma Phillips 66ers Oklahoma State Jackie Robinson Guard 6 0 180 21 Fort Worth Texas BaylorKenny Rollins Guard 6 0 170 24 Wickliffe Kentucky KentuckyUSA match ups 8 0 Edit United States 86 Switzerland 21 United States 53 Czechoslovakia 28 United States 59 Argentina 57 United States 66 Egypt 28 United States 61 Peru 33 United States 63 Uruguay 28 United States 71 Mexico 40 United States 65 France 21 1 Final standings Edit1 United States 8 0 2 France 5 2 3 Brazil 7 1 4 Mexico 5 2 5 Uruguay 5 3 6 Chile 4 4 7 Czechoslovakia 4 4 8 Korea 3 5 9 Canada 6 2 10 Peru 4 4 11 Belgium 5 3 12 Philippines 4 4 13 Cuba 4 3 14 Iran 2 5 15 Argentina 4 4 16 Hungary 3 5 17 Italy 4 4 18 China 5 3 19 Egypt 2 6 20 Great Britain 0 7 21 Switzerland 2 6 22 Iraq 0 7 23 Ireland 0 6 1 Team USA EditAlex Groza led Team USA with an average of 11 1 points per game Bud Browning was the head coach Adolph Rupp was the assistant coach and Louis Wilke was the manager 1 See also EditBasketball at the 1948 Summer OlympicsReferences Edit a b c d USAB Games of the XIVth Olympiad 1948 Archived from the original on 2014 04 19 Retrieved 2014 04 18 1948 USA Men s Olympic Games Roster Archived 2010 01 03 at the Wayback Machine usabasketball com Retrieved on April 18 2014 External links EditUSA Basketball official site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 United States men 27s Olympic basketball team amp oldid 1111097825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
