1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team

none August 2023 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team Warren Womble 1952 Summer Olympics 16px Clyde Lovellette USA (13.9)1952 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men. 48 vs. CHI 1948 1956 The 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland from July 14 to August 2, 1952. Warren Womble was the team's head coach, and Phog Allen was the team's main assistant coach.Games of the XVth Olympiad -- 1952. The team won its third straight Summer Olympics basketball gold medal. Olympic Trials The Olympic Trials were held at the end of March in Kansas City and New York.United Press March 29, 1952 Olympic Basketball Trials Begin Tonite In New York And Kansas City https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advocate-1952-olympic-basketba/177577904/ The Daily Advocate New York Greenville, Ohio The Olympic tourney semi-final thus could produce a clash between the NCAA and the NIT champions. The collegiate side of the Olympic Trials bracket included the NAIA, NIT, and NCAA champions as well as the NCAA runner-up. The post-collegiate amateur bracket contained the four semi-finalists from the 1952 AAU basketball tournament. no Amateur semi-finalsCollegiate semi-finalsMarch 29 Amateur finalCollegiate finalMarch 31 FinalApril 1 Third Place New York City Kansas City New York City Kansas City Peoria Caterpillars (AAU champions) 71 Air Force All-Stars (AAU third place) 67 Phillips Oilers (AAU runners-up) 502OT Hollywood Fibber McGee and Molly (AAU fourth place) 48 La Salle (NIT champions) 71 St. John's (NCAA runners-up) 62 Kansas (NCAA champions) 92 Southwest Missouri State (NAIA champions) 65 New York City New York City Peoria Caterpillars 64 Phillips Oilers 50 La Salle 65 Kansas 70 New York City New York City Peoria Caterpillars 62 Kansas 60 Phillips Oilers 92 La Salle 59 Roster The team consisted of 14 members. It included five members of the Amateur Athletic Union's Peoria Caterpillars team and two Phillips 66ers. The team also featured seven players from the national champion 1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team, as well as their coach Phog Allen, who served as assistant on the team. Position Height Weight Age Hometown Team Ron Bontemps Guard 6'2" 175 25 Taylorville, Illinois Peoria Caterpillars (Illinois) Marc Freiberger Center 6'11" 215 23 Greenville, Texas Peoria Caterpillars (Oklahoma) Wayne GlasgowGuard/Forward6'3"19026Dacoma, OklahomaPhillips 66ers (Oklahoma) Charlie Hoag Guard/Forward 6'2" 185 20 Oak Park, Illinois Kansas Bill HouglandGuard6'4"18022Beloit, Kansas Kansas John KellerGuard/Forward6'3"18523Page City, Kansas Kansas Dean Kelley Guard 5'11" 165 20 Morton, Illinois Kansas Bob Kenney Forward 6'2" 185 21 Winfield, Kansas Kansas Bob KurlandCenter7'0"22027Jennings, MissouriPhillips 66ers (Oklahoma St.) Bill LienhardForward6'5"18022Lawrence, Kansas Kansas Clyde Lovellette Forward 6'9" 230 22 Terre Haute, Indiana Kansas Frank McCabe Forward 6'8" 225 25 Grand Rapids, Michigan Peoria Caterpillars (Marquette) Dan Pippin Guard 6'1" 170 25 Waynesville, Missouri Peoria Caterpillars (Missouri) Howie Williams Guard 6'0" 168 24 New Ross, Indiana Peoria Caterpillars (Purdue) 1952 Team USA matches A1 A4 A6 QFB1 QFB3 QFB5 E2 F2 Final match up versus USSR The final match up game was a very low scoring game, as the USSR successfully utilized a low block and time wasting. After ten minutes, Team USA only led 4–3. After the USSR took a lead in the third quarter, Team USA began to display their offense by shooting well, ultimately winning the game by 11 points. Lovellette scored nine points, while Kurland scored eight points. Final standings United States (8–0) Soviet Union (6–2) Uruguay (5–3) Argentina (5–3) Chile (4–4) Brazil (4–4) Bulgaria (4–4) France (4–4) Canada (3–3) Cuba (1–4) Czechoslovakia (1–2) Egypt (3–3) Finland (0–3) Hungary (2–4) Mexico (1–2) Philippines (1–2)https://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xvth-olympiad-1952.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20150226121735/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xvth-olympiad-1952.aspx dead February 26, 2015 Games of the XVTH Olympiad -- 1952 See also Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics References External links USA Basketball, official site Category:United States at the Olympic men's basketball tournament United States olympic