Basketball At The 1936 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics was the first appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. The tournament was played between 7 August and 14 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. 23 nations entered the competition, making basketball the largest tournament of the team sports, but Hungary and Spain withdrew, meaning 21 competed. The IOC and International Basketball Federation, which is the governing body of international basketball, used the 1936 tournament to experiment with outdoor basketball. Lawn and dirt tennis courts were used for the competition, but this caused problems when the weather was adverse, especially during the final of the tournament. The medals were awarded by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. The United States won its first gold medal, while Canada and Mexico won silver and bronze, their only medals in basketball, as of 2020. Medalists Note: ThInternational Olympic Committee medal databaseshows only these players ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona at the 29th IOC Session on 26 April 1931. The 1936 Games marked the second and most recent time the International Olympic Committee gathered to vote in a city that was bidding to host those Games. Later rule modifications forbade cities hosting the bid vote from being awarded the games. To outdo the 1932 Los Angeles Games, Reich Führer Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and other smaller arenas. The Games were the first to be televised, with radio broadcasts reaching 41 countries.Rader, Benjamin G. "American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Spo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Art Mollner
Arthur Owen Mollner (December 20, 1912 – March 16, 1995) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... Born in Saranac Lake, New York, he was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches. Later, Mollner coached Los Angeles in the AAU National Industrial Basketball League in 1950-1951 and 1951-1952. References External linksprofile 1912 births 1995 deaths Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball players from New York (state) Los Angeles City Cubs men's basketball players Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doug Peden
James Douglas Peden (April 18, 1916 – April 11, 2005) was a Canadian basketball player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Peden was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=131 and is considered to have placed second to Lionel Conacher, being named Canada's athlete-of-the-half century in 1950. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played five matches including the final. Inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 as an All-round Athlete, Peden excelled in track, swimming, tennis, rugby, baseball, basketball, and cycling. In the 1930s Doug and his older brother Torchy (William) competed in six-day bike races. They teamed to win the Six Days of Buffalo The Six Days of Buffalo was a six-day cycling event, held in Buffalo, New York. From 1910 to 1948, a total of sixteen editions of the Six Days were held, som ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Irving Meretsky
Irving "Toots" Meretsky (May 17, 1912 – May 18, 2006) was a Canadian basketball player who won the first and to this date only Silver medal for Canada in the first Olympic basketball competition, playing forward as a part of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Biography Born in Windsor, Ontario on May 17, 1912, his pinnacle of athletic success was winning the silver medal for Canada in the 1936 Olympics, playing in two games. He was one of only around nine Jewish Olympians from six countries who won medals at the Berlin games conducted by the Nazis while Adolph Hitler was Chancellor. Many athletes had boycotted the games protesting Nazi rule, and the games were particularly noteworthy as Germany had instigated the anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws one year earlier in September, stripping German Jews of their citizenship, rights to a public education, their access to many professions including law, medicine, and theatre, and their ability to marry German citizens. The followin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Edward Dawson (basketball)
Edward John Dawson (October 10, 1907 – October 24, 1998) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... Dawson was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played three matches. References External linksprofile 1907 births 1998 deaths Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball position missing Canadian men's basketball players Canadian people of Scottish descent Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for Canada Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Canada Basketball players from Windsor, Ontario 20th-century Canadian people {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chuck Chapman
Charles Winston Chapman (April 21, 1911 – March 6, 2002) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Vancouver, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played four matches including the final. He was the older brother of Art Chapman John Arthur Chapman (May 29, 1905 – December 31, 1962) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Chapman started his National Hockey League career with the Boston Bruins in 1930. He would also play for the New York ..., who also participated at the Berlin Games. References External linksbasketball BC profile FrozenHoops.com Hist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Art Chapman (basketball)
Arthur St. Clair Chapman (October 28, 1912other sources report his year of birth: ''1913'' – February 3, 1986) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Chapman was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches including the final. He was the younger brother of Chuck Chapman, who also participated at the Berlin Games. He died in Nanaimo, British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, .... References External linksArthur Chapman at databaseOlympics.com 1912 births 1986 deaths Basketball people from British Columbia Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball position missing Canadian men's basketball players Canadian people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ian Allison (basketball)
Ian Alistar Allison (July 26, 1909other sources report his year of birth: ''1907'' – August 4, 1990) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. His is the only Canadian basketball team to date to win a medal at the Olympics, a silver and also the last to win a team medal. He played all six matches including the final. He was high scorer with 4 points in Canada's 19–8 loss to the Americans. Early life and working life Allison was born in Greenock, Scotland and, while still young, migrated to Canada with his family. They lived across from Walkerville Collegiate Institute, the school he attended for high school. He then attended Assumption College and finally University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution .... After g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gordon Aitchison
Gordon Aitchison (June 14, 1909 – January 6, 1990) was a Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... He died at 80 in 1990. Born in North Bay, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played all six matches including the final. References External linksprofile 1909 births 1990 deaths Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball position missing Canadian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Canada Sportspeople from North Bay, Ontario Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Wheatley
William John Wheatley (July 5, 1909 – February 5, 1992) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final. He later coached the Salt Lake City entry in American Basketball League of the AAU. Wheatley died in his El Cerrito, California El Cerrito (Spanish for "The Little Hill") is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, and forms part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a population of 25,962 according to the 2020 census. El Cerrito was founded by refugees ..., home on February 5, 1992, at age 82. References External linksBill Wheatley at databaseOlympics.com 1909 births 1992 deaths Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Basketball coaches from Kansas Basketball players from Kansas Guards (basketball) Kansas Wesle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Duane Swanson
Duane Alexander Swanson (August 23, 1913 – September 13, 2000) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal. He also played professionally: In eleven games during the 1939–40 National Basketball League (NBL) season, he averaged 1.2 points per game for the Sheboygan Red Skins. Duane Swanson's first name is often incorrectly attributed to be "George." Biography Swanson grew up in Waterman, Illinois and attended Illinois Wesleyan University for a brief time before transferring to the University of Iowa. He played on Iowa's freshman basketball team when he and a friend decided to drop out of school and hitchhike to Los Angeles, California to enroll at the University of Southern California (USC). Iowa head coach Rollie Williams accused USC head coach Sam Barry of luring both players to California, which Barry denied. Consequently, Barry rejected Swanson and his friend from playing for USC. Instead, they signed a contract to play f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carl Shy
Carl Leslie Shy (September 13, 1908 – December 17, 1991) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... He was part of the United States basketball team that won the gold medal. He played in three matches, including the championship. Shy played college basketball at UCLA. External linksProfile USA Basketball All-Time Roster 1908 births [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |