Raymond George Lumpp (July 11, 1923 – January 16, 2015) was an American professional

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player. Lumpp was born in

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and grew up in

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. He played college basketball for

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, and was on the team that made it to the finals of the 1948 NIT tournament. Lumpp competed in the

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as part of the American men's basketball team that won the gold medal. From 1948 to 1953 Lumpp played professionally for the

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, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 12.7 points per game in his rookie season. Following his basketball career, Lumpp served as athletic director of the

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and ran the club's annual track and field meet during the 1960s. He later organized the Vitalis Olympic Invitational indoor meet held at the Meadowlands. He died in

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in January 2015.

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Olympic profile
* 1923 births 2015 deaths American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Burials at Locust Valley Cemetery Indianapolis Jets draft picks Indianapolis Jets players Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics New York Knicks players NYU Violets men's basketball players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Brooklyn United States men's national basketball team players 20th-century American sportsmen {{1920s-US-basketball-bio-stub