John Frederick Keller (November 10, 1928 – October 6, 2000) was an American

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player who competed in the

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. He competed in three games as a member of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He died in

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where he had lived since 1952.

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1928 births 2000 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Kansas Garden City Broncbusters men's basketball players Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball People from Great Bend, Kansas People from Logan County, Kansas United States men's national basketball team players {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub