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1952 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team
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. The team won its third straight Summer Olympics basketball gold medal. 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. 1952 Team USA matches 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Womble
John Warren Womble, Jr. (March 15, 1920 – March 21, 2015) was an American basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Peoria Cats, a National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) team, located in Peoria, Illinois, and the head coach of the 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team. Early life Born in Aylesworth, Oklahoma, Womble attended college at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, where he was a two-sport Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm, Savage Storm athlete, earning letters in tennis and basketball. He was a guard (basketball), guard on the school's basketball team that reached the quarterfinals of the AAU National Tournament in Denver, Colorado, in 1948. Coaching career Club coaching career At the sports club, club level, Womble was the head coach of the Peoria Cats for 10 seasons (1951–60). With the Cats, he won 296 games and lost 126, while leading his teams to the National List of AAU men's basketball champions, Amateur Athletic Union Tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball
The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma in intercollegiate men's basketball. The program competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Sooners play their home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Oklahoma has won 14 conference championships, 7 conference tournaments. The team has participated in five Final Fours, and holds the record for most NCAA tournament wins without a championship. As of the 2022 season, they are tied for 12th all-time in NCAA tournament appearances. In addition to their tournament successes the program has produced 33 All-Americans including Wayman Tisdale, Stacey King, Harvey Grant, Mookie Blaylock, Ryan Minor, Hollis Price, Buddy Hield, and Blake Griffin, 9 first round draft picks, including one No. 1 pick (Blake Griffin) and four National Players of the Year: Vic Holt (1928), Gerald Tucker (1947), Blake Griffin (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winfield, Kansas
Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is home to Southwestern College. History 19th century Winfield was founded in 1870. It was named for Rev. Winfield Scott, who promised to build the town a church in exchange for the naming rights. The first post office at Winfield was established in May, 1870. In 1873, Winfield incorporated as a city. Railroads Railroads reached Winfield in the late 1870s, and finished at Arkansas City in 1881.''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; LCCN 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972. Eventually, a total of five railroads passed through Winfield. State mental hospital In 1881, the State of Kansas established the Kansas State Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile Youth, temporarily established at Lawrence, but moved to Winfield in 1887/1888, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Kenney
Robert Earl "Bob" Kenney (June 23, 1931 – October 27, 2014) was an All-State basketball player at Winfield High School in Winfield, Kansas as well as an American basketball player who competed in the Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in seven matches. Prior to that, he played for the University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ... team. In 1999, Kenney was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fam References External linksProfile on DatabaseOlympics.com 1931 births 2014 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Kansas Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Medalists at the 1952 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton, Illinois
Morton is a village in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,117 at the 2020 census. The community holds a yearly Morton Pumpkin Festival for four days every September, and claims that "99 percent of the world's canned pumpkin is produced in Morton," earning it the designation "Pumpkin Capital of the World". Geography According to the 2004 census, Morton has a total area of , of which (or 99.66%) is land and (or 0.34%) is water. Demographics At the 2010 census there were 16,267 people, 6,622 households, and 4,507 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 6,973 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.3% White, 0.7% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 5% Pacific Islander, 0.6% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7%. Of the 6,622 households 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Kelley
Melvin Dean Kelley (September 23, 1931 – January 13, 1996) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played six matches. He later played three seasons for the Peoria Cats from (1956–59) Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team, winning a championship there in 1958. He was the brother of 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ... gold medalist Allen Kelley. References External linksDean Kelley at databaseOlympics.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelley, Dean 1931 births 1996 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fort Wayne Pistons draft picks Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball players Medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Page City, Kansas
Page City is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Kansas, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 40 west of Oakley. History The community was founded in 1884 as a depot on the Union Pacific Railroad. A post office was opened in Page City in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1971. Transportation U.S. Route 40 highway and Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad is a Railroad classes, Class I freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United Stat ... pass through Page City. References Further reading External links * Logan County mapsCurrent KDOT [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keller (basketball)
John Frederick Keller (November 10, 1928 – October 6, 2000) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He competed in three games as a member of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He died in 2000 in Great Bend, Kansas Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is named for its location at the point where the course of the Arkansas River bends east then southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population of the c ... where he had lived since 1952. References 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 Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloit, Kansas
Beloit is a city in and the county seat of Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,404. History On permanent organization of the county in 1870, Beloit was selected as the county seat of Mitchell County, Kansas, and is located northeast of the center of the county on the Solomon River. In 1873, an iron bridge was built across the river, costing $10,000, . The town site of Beloit was first settled by A.A. Bell in 1868 with the idea of improving the water power and for some time was known as Willow Springs. The town was renamed to Beloit by Tim Hersey, one of the original founders and the first mayor, and is named after his hometown, Beloit, Wisconsin. A.A. Bell was appointed postmaster in 1870, and the first school was built in 1871. By 1898, the population was around 2500. Beloit sits at the junction of the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific Railroads. Local legend has it that the local Indians advised Bell to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hougland
William Marion Hougland (June 20, 1930 – March 6, 2017) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Kansas Jayhawks' 1952 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship team. He was a member of the 1952 American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played all eight matches. He played for the Phillips 66ers in the National Industrial Basketball League. He won his second gold medal as part of the 1956 American Olympic team. Hougland died on March 6, 2017, in Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ..., Kansas, aged 86. References External linksBill Hougland at databaseOlympics.com 1930 births 2017 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball
The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the college basketball, intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas. The program is classified in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is renowned for having one of the most prestigious and historic intercollegiate basketball programs in North America. In the United States, Kansas has six overall national championships (4 NCAA Tournament National Championships and 2 Helms National Championships), as well as being runner-up six times and having the most conference titles in the nation. The Jayhawks own the NCAA record for most consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances with 28 consecutive appearances. Since the 1984 tournament, the Jayhawks have only missed the tournament twice due to disciplinary action from the NCAA; they were ruled ineligible for the 1989 tournament and 2018 being vacated. They have not missed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, adjacent to Chicago. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, 26th-most populous municipality in Illinois, with a population of 54,318 as of the 2020 census. Oak Park was first settled in 1835 and later incorporated in 1902, when it separated from Cicero, Illinois, Cicero. It is closely tied to the smaller town of River Forest, Illinois, River Forest sharing a chamber of commerce and a high school, Oak Park and River Forest High School. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife settled in Oak Park in 1889, and his work heavily influenced local architecture and design, including the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio. Over the years, rapid development was spurred by railroads and streetcars connecting the village to jobs in nearby Chicago. In 1968, Oak Park passed the Open Housing Ordinance, which helped devise strategies to integrate the village rather than resegregate. Today, Oak Park remains ethnically diverse a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
