Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the

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. He later captained the American basketball team at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

that won the gold medal in

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. He played in all eight games. After Pippin graduated from the

he went to work for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in

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, and played for the

National Industrial Basketball League The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) be ...

team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats. Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the insurance business before returning to his native Missouri. He committed suicide in 1965.

References

External links

Daniel Pippin at databaseOlympics.com
1926 births 1965 suicides 1965 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from St. Louis Guards (basketball) Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Missouri Tigers men's basketball players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Peoria Caterpillars players United States men's national basketball team players American men's basketball players People from Waynesville, Missouri Suicides in Missouri Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning {{US-basketball-bio-stub