.png) Cain in 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | August 2, 1934 Freeport, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | June 2, 2024 (aged 89) | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | Freeport (Freeport, Illinois) | |||||||||||
| College | Iowa (1953–1956) | |||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1956: 2nd round | |||||||||||
| Selected by the Rochester Royals | ||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||||
| Number | 21 | |||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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Carl Cecil Cain (August 2, 1934 – June 2, 2024) was an American basketball player. He was a member of the United States national team that won the Olympic gold medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Freeport, Illinois, Cain played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
His number was retired by the University of Iowa basketball program. He is an inductee to the Des Moines Register State of Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.