Donald Dee (August 9, 1943 – November 26, 2014) was an American

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player. He played

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for Saint Louis and

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. Dee played his sophomore year and the first two games of his junior year at Saint Louis before a serious injury during the second game he played in during his junior year at Saint Louis caused him to miss out on what would have been his final two years there, which caused him to later transfer to

for what would officially become his junior and senior years of college instead. Dee participated in the

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, where he won a gold medal with the

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. He then played professionally with the

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of the

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, averaging 5.7

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during the 1968–69 ABA season. Dee's son, Donnie Dee, played for the

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in the NFL for two seasons. His grandson

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is a professional basketball player. Dee died on November 26, 2014, in

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, at the age of 71.

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1968 Summer Olympics
at USABasketball.com 1943 births 2014 deaths American men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Missouri College men's basketball players in the United States Detroit Pistons draft picks Forwards (basketball) Indiana Pacers draft picks Indiana Pacers players Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Boonville, Missouri Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball players St. Mary of the Plains College alumni {{1940s-US-basketball-bio-stub