Aytch Greer Skousen (September 24, 1916 – March 20, 1988) was a Mexican
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...
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Born in
Casas Grandes
Casas Grandes (Spanish for ''Great Houses''; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexico, Mexican state of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casa ...
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Chihuahua, he was part of the Mexican basketball team which won the bronze medal. He played five matches.
In 1950–1951 he taught and coached public school for the Toyah School District in
Toyah, Texas
Toyah is a town in Reeves County, Texas, United States. The population was 61 at the 2020 census.
History
On October 25, 1906 a black man in Toyah named J.I. "Slab" Pitts was dragged to death and then hanged for living with his white wife, ...
. Skousen died in
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for "Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the List of Texas metropolitan areas, third-largest metropolitan area in Texa ...
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Profile
* ttps://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/KWDS-KMS Aytch Greer Skousen (1916-1988)
1916 births
1988 deaths
Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Mexican men's basketball players
Mexican people of Danish descent
Mexican people of English descent
Olympic basketball players for Mexico
Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico
Basketball players from Chihuahua
Olympic medalists in basketball
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Casas Grandes Municipality
20th-century Mexican sportsmen
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