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Joe Cephis Fortenberry (April 1, 1911 – June 3, 1993) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal[1] in the first Olympics to include basketball.
 Fortenberry with the Phillips 66ers. | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 1, 1911 Leo, Texas | |||||||||||||
| Died | June 3, 1993 (aged 82) Amarillo, Texas | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | |||||||||||||
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| High school | Happy (Happy, Texas) | |||||||||||||
| College | West Texas A&M (1929–1932) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||||
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After college, Fortenberry played for the Ogden Boosters in Utah, and then with the McPherson Oilers in McPherson, Kansas. This was the team that won the AAU National Championship in 1936, prior to the Olympics.
He played two games at the Olympics, including the final. He was the high scorer in the gold medal game, scoring 8 points in a 19–8 victory,[2] and averaged a tournament-leading 14.5 points per game. The game was held in appalling conditions, outdoors on a muddy clay court, that made dribbling almost impossible, in steady rain and with winds that "blew the ball around wildly".[2]
After he played in the Olympics, Fortenberry played five seasons with the Phillips 66ers, the perennial power in the AAU basketball league, the premier basketball league in the United States before the NBA. He played from the 1936–1937 season through the 1940–1941 season, winning an AAU national championship in 1940.
He is credited with being one of the first to slam dunk the basketball; this appeared in a New York Times article by Pulitzer Prize winning sports reporter, Arthur Daley, in 1936. He could still dunk when he was 55 years old, according to his son.[3]
His Olympic gold medal was appraised on Antiques Roadshow on PBS. The estimated value of the medal was $100,000 to $150,000.
References
- "Joe Fortenberry, Olympic Captain, 82". The New York Times. June 5, 1993.
- Daly, Brian I. (September 9, 2013). Canada's Other Game: Basketball from Naismith to Nash. Dundurn. pp. 94–95. ISBN 9781459706347.
- Interview with his son, PBS, Antiques Roadshow #2103, Fort Worth, Hour Tree, first airdate January 16, 2017.
External links
На других языках
- [en] Joe Fortenberry
[fr] Joe Fortenberry
Joe Fortenberry, né le 1er avril 1911 à Slidell, en Texas, mort le 3 juin 1993 à Amarillo, au Texas, est un joueur américain de basket-ball. Il évolue au poste de pivot.[it] Joe Fortenberry
Joseph Cephis "Joe" Fortenberry (Slidell, 1º aprile 1911 – Amarillo, 3 giugno 1993) è stato un cestista statunitense.[ru] Фортенберри, Джо
Джозеф Кефис «Джо» Фортенберри (англ. Joseph Cephis "Joe" Fortenberry; 1 апреля 1911 года, Слайделл, Техас, США ― 3 июня 1993 года, Амарилло, Техас, США) ― американский баскетболист, участник летних Олимпийских игр 1936. Выступал за американскую баскетбольную команду, игроки которой выиграли золотые медали. Он сыграл два матча, в том числе и в финале.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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