Robert James Phibbs (May 26, 1927 – March 15, 2018) was a Canadian

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in

Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southe ...

. He was part of the Canadian basketball team, which was eliminated after the group stage in the 1952 tournament. He played all six matches. Phibbs was on the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thames Ri ...

basketball team.

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Bob Phibbs' obituary
1927 births 2018 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Basketball players from Windsor, Ontario Western Mustangs basketball players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub