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1936 United States Men's Olympic Basketball

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Record: 4-0, 1st in Final Standings (Gold Medal)

PS/G: 38.0 (1st of 21) ▪ PA/G: 17.2 (1st of 21)

SRS: 29.70 (1st of 21) ▪ SOS: 8.95 (2nd of 21)

Roster

Player Ht Wt Age Birth Date
Sam Balter 5-10 150 26 October 15, 1909
Ralph Bishop 6-4 190 20 October 1, 1915
Joe Fortenberry 6-8 185 25 April 1, 1911
Tex Gibbons 6-1 174 28 October 7, 1907
Francis Johnson 5-11 174 26 August 5, 1910
Carl Knowles 6-2 165 26 February 24, 1910
Frank Lubin 6-7 249 26 January 7, 1910
Art Mollner 6-0 161 23 December 20, 1912
Don Piper 5-11 161 25 March 5, 1911
Jack Ragland 6-0 174 22 October 9, 1913
Willard Schmidt 6-9 190 26 February 14, 1910
Carl Shy 6-0 170 27 September 13, 1908
Duane Swanson 6-2 174 22 August 23, 1913
Bill Wheatley 6-2 174 27 July 5, 1909

Totals & Per Game

Totals Per Game
Rk Player G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS TRB AST STL BLK TOV
1 Joe Fortenberry 2 29 14.5
2 Frank Lubin 2 22 11.0
3 Francis Johnson 2 20 10.0
4 Sam Balter 2 17 8.5
5 Carl Shy 3 10 3.3
6 Bill Wheatley 2 9 4.5
7 Willard Schmidt 1 8 8.0
8 Jack Ragland 2 7 3.5
9 Tex Gibbons 1 6 6.0
10 Carl Knowles 2 6 3.0
11 Art Mollner 2 6 3.0
12 Ralph Bishop 3 4 1.3
13 Don Piper 2 4 2.0
14 Duane Swanson 2 4 2.0

Schedule & Results

G Date Round Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Aug 9, 1936 Box Score Round Two Estonia W 52 28 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Aug 12, 1936 Box Score Quarter-Finals Philippines W 56 23 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Aug 13, 1936 Box Score Semi-Finals Mexico W 25 10 3 0 W 3
4 Fri, Aug 14, 1936 Box Score Final Round Canada W 19 8 4 0 W 4 Gold Medal Game