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Robert Frederick "Bob" Town (born October 4, 1949) was a member of the Canadian men's national basketball team between 1972 and 1976.
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finished fourth at the
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. Born in
Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...
, Town graduated from Churchill High School. He played
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at the
University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.CIAU All-Canadian in 1972. As a member of the national team, Town participated in various European tournaments, the World University Games in Moscow, the Pan Am Games, and the Montreal Olympics. Town was a member of the St. Andrews Super Saints which won the Canadian Senior Men's Championship both in 1975 and 1976. Inducted into the
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in 2007.


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Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
1949 births Living people Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Winnipeg Canadian men's basketball players Manitoba Bisons basketball players Olympic basketball players for Canada Basketball players at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Canada Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub