 Pippin (left) at the University of Missouri in 1949 with sister Nancy | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 20, 1926 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | April 1, 1965 (aged 38) Mexico, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Waynesville (Waynesville, Missouri) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Missouri (1943–1948) | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard / forward | ||||||||||||||
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Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the University of Missouri. He later captained the American basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympics that won the gold medal in Helsinki. He played in all eight games.[1]
After Pippin graduated from the University of Missouri he went to work for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois, and played for the National Industrial Basketball League 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.[2][3]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Pippin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ "Dan Pippin". Olympedia. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Former Basketball Star Found Dead". Council Grove Republican. April 1, 1965. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.