A few more photos.
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Ray Lumpp and Vince Boryla in their Olympic uniforms. 1948 gold medal. Lumpp was a long time employee of the New York Athletic Club. I met him a few times at the Basketball Hall of Fame during induction weekend.
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1936 McPherson Globe Refiners. They lost the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to Universal Pictures. This allowed them 6 players on the Olympic team. Due to the FIBA rules at the time the U.S. could only use 7 players per game. The first game was a forfeit by Spain as their team could not compete due to the civil war at home. Universal played games 2 and 4. McPherson, along with University of Washington player Ralph Bishop played games 3 and 5. Since McPherson, plus Bishop, played in game 5, the gold medal game vs Canada they were the only ones allowed to attend the medal ceremony. The are from left to right with Olympians in bold:
Gene Johnson coach,
Francis Johnson, Jack Ragland, Bailey,
Lee 'Tex' Gibbons, Bill Wheatley, Vernon Vaughn, Harry Down,
Joe Fortenberry and Willard Schmidt.
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Ann Meyers at UCLA. 1976 silver medal. In high school, Meyers not only played basketball she played volleyball, field hockey, softball, track and tennis. She was the first female to receive a four year athletic scholarship to college. She was also the first female to sign a contract with an NBA team, the Pacers. Lusia Harris was drafted, but did not intend to play.
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Cheryl Miller and Reggie Miller. Cheryl 1984 gold medal. Reggie 1996 gold medal.
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Art Mollner in the 1930's. 1936 gold medal.
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Art Mollner and Carl Knowles with actress Mary Anderson (Gone With the Wind and Lifeboat). 1930's photo probably from Mexico as it has a Spanish caption sheet. They played for Universal Pictures until the 1936 Olympics. Universal stopped supporting a team and they joined the 20th Century Fox team.
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Kim Mulkey second from the right while a sophomore or junior in high school. She won 4 state high school championships as a player. Won two national champions as a player at Louisiana Tech (NAIA 1981, NCAA 1982). Assistant coach for HOFer Leon Barmore at her alma mater. Won 3 NCAA championships as Baylor coach. Just finished her first year as coach at LSU. Her son Kramer Robertson plays/played in the St Louis Cardinals minor league system (Peoria, Palm Beach, Springfield and Memphis). 1984 gold medal.
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1948 Olympic team on the boat to London. This shows the highest numbers worn by U.S. players in an Olympic basketball tournament. R.C. Pitts #99, Bob Kurland #90, Jack Robinson #77, Gordy Carpenter #66 and Jesse 'Cab' Rennick #55.
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1948 Olympic team official photo at Haringay Arena in London.