Tex Gibbons
Encyclopedia
John Haskell "Tex" Gibbons (October 7, 1907 – May 30, 1984) was an American
basketball
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was the captain of the 1936 Olympics American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played one match.
He is also the father of educator William Gibbons, who sold, produced, and collected baseball cards as a child. William also graduated from Brown University
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United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was the captain of the 1936 Olympics American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played one match.
He is also the father of educator William Gibbons, who sold, produced, and collected baseball cards as a child. William also graduated from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
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