Marc Freiberger
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born | Amarillo, Texas | November 27, 1928||||||||||
Died | June 29, 2005 Winston-Salem, North Carolina | (aged 76)||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | ||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school | Greenville (Greenville, Texas) | ||||||||||
College | Oklahoma (1948–1951) | ||||||||||
NBA draft | 1951 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall | ||||||||||
Selected by the Indianapolis Olympians | |||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||
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Marcus Ross Freiberger (basketball player from Amarillo, Texas who was a Gold Medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
November 27, 1928 – June 29, 2005) was an AmericanPlaying career[]
At 6'11", Freiberger played collegiately for the Oklahoma Sooners.
He was a member of the 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team that won the Gold Medal in Helsinki.[2]
From 1951-1955 Freiberger played for the Caterpillar Diesels and then the Houston Ada Oilers in the National Industrial Basketball League.[3]
Death[]
Freiberger died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 29, 2005.
References[]
- ^ "Marc Freiberger International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marc Freiberger Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "NIBL-Marcus Freiberger".
External links[]
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2005 deaths
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Texas
- Indianapolis Olympians draft picks
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- Peoria Caterpillars players
- Sportspeople from Amarillo, Texas
- United States men's national basketball team players
- Centers (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs