R. C. Pitts
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Pitts with the Phillips 66ers.
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| Born | June 23, 1919 Pontotoc, Mississippi |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | University (Oxford, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||
| College | Arkansas (1939–1942) | ||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||
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Robert C. "R. C." Pitts (June 23, 1919 – October 29, 2011) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Pitts played collegiately for the University of Arkansas, making All-Southwest Conference in 1942.[1] He later played for the Amateur Athletic Union juggernaut Phillips Petroleum Phillips 66ers, where he made AAU All-America in 1948.[2]
Pitts was part of the American men's basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, which won the gold medal.
References
External links
- Robert Pitts' profile at databaseOlympics.com
- Robert Pitts' profile at Sports Reference.com
- Robert Pitts' obituary
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- Olympic basketball players of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
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- Phillips 66ers players
- United States men's national basketball team players
- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
