Jesse Bernard "Cab" Renick (September 29, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American

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player who competed in the

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. Renick was A 6'2"

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for Marietta High School in

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. He went on to star at Oklahoma A&M University (now

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). He was All-

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in 1939 and 1940 as well as an

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in 1939 and 1940. OSU's first two-time All-American selection, he played on the United States gold medal Olympic team alongside fellow Oklahoma A&M great

Bob Kurland Robert Albert Kurland (December 23, 1924 – September 29, 2013) was an American basketball center, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies (now Oklahoma State Cowboys). Standing tall, he has been credited as the first pe ...

. He led the Cowboys to 45–11 record in his two seasons. Renick, a citizen of the

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, was also the second

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, after

Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe (; May 22 or 28, 1887March 28, 1953) was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional American football, football, baseball, and basketball. A citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe was ...

, to win an Olympic gold medal.

References

External links

Jesse Renick at databaseOlympics.com
1917 births 1999 deaths All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Oklahoma Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Native American basketball players Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball People from Marietta, Oklahoma People from Murray County, Oklahoma Phillips 66ers players United States men's national basketball team players Guards (basketball) 20th-century American sportsmen {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub