Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the

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. He later captained the American basketball team at the

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that won the gold medal in

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. He played in all eight games. After Pippin graduated from the

he went to work for the

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, and played for the

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team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats. Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the insurance business before returning to his native Missouri. He committed suicide in 1965.

References

External links

Daniel Pippin at databaseOlympics.com
* 1926 births 1965 suicides 1965 deaths Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from St. Louis Guards (basketball) Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Missouri Tigers men's basketball players Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Peoria Caterpillars players United States men's national basketball team players American men's basketball players People from Waynesville, Missouri Suicides in Missouri Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning {{US-basketball-bio-stub