Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was an American basketball player who played for the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
. He later captained the
American basketball team at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
that won the gold medal in
Helsinki
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. He played in all eight games.
After Pippin graduated from the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...
he went to work for the
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment.
In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the ' ...
in
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population of 113,150 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in Ill ...
, and played for the
National Industrial Basketball League
The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947 to enable U.S. mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded by the industrial teams (teams sponsored by the large companies and made up of their employees) bel ...
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
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