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Urgel "Slim" Wintermute (born July 9, 1917 – presumed dead October 1977) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.

Slim Wintermute

Wintermute from the 1939 Oregana
Personal information
Born	(1917-07-19)July 19, 1917 Portland, Oregon
Died	presumed dead in October, 1977 (aged 60)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
High school	Longview (Longview, Washington)
College	Oregon (1936–1939)
Position	Center
Career history
1939–1940	Detroit Eagles
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (1939) Consensus first-team All-American (1939) Third-team All-American – Converse (1938) No. 22 retired by Oregon Ducks

Collegiate career

Born in Portland, Oregon, Wintermute attended high school in Longview, Washington.[1] A mobile 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) center, Wintermute was a key member of the 1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, winners of the first NCAA Tournament championship. Wintermute was voted first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference and named an All-American in 1939.[2] He was elected to the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and is one of six Ducks whose numbers have been retired.[3]

Professional career

Wintermute played professionally for the Detroit Eagles of the National Basketball League.[2] He also served as player/coach for the Portland Indians of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League.[2][4]

After basketball

Following his basketball career, Wintermute worked for Boeing.[1] He was elected to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[3] On October 21, 1977, Wintermute set out in his yacht from Portage Bay in Seattle's Lake Union and did not return.[5] His boat was found a few days later, with one of Wintermute's friends asleep on the boat who claimed that Slim was still alive when he went to sleep. Wintermute was never found.

See also

• List of people who disappeared at sea

References

На других языках

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- [en] Slim Wintermute

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[ru] Уинтермут, Слим

Урджел «Слим» Уинтермут (англ. Urgel "Slim" Wintermute; 9 июля 1917, Портленд, штат Орегон, США — 24 октября 1977, Сиэтл, штат Вашингтон, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист и тренер, который запомнился своими выступлениями на студенческом уровне. Чемпион Национальной ассоциации студенческого спорта (NCAA) сезона 1938/1939 годов.

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