Robert Pitts

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Olympic medal record
Men's basketball
Gold	1948 London	United States

Robert C. "R. C." Pitts (June 23, 1919 – October 29, 2011) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Pitts played collegiately for the University of Arkansas, making All-Southwest Conference in 1942.^[1] He later played for the Amateur Athletic Union juggernaut Phillips Petroleum Phillips 66ers, where he made AAU All-America in 1948.^[2]

Pitts was part of the American men's basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, which won the gold medal.

References

v t e United States squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Gold medal

4 Barker 5 Barksdale 6 Beard 7 Beck 8 Boryla 9 Carpenter 10 Groza 11 Jones 12 Kurland 13 Lumpp 14 Pitts 15 Renick 16 Robinson 17 Rollins Coach: Browning

v t e 1948 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans

Don Barksdale Vince Boryla Jimmy Darden Ace Gruenig Bob Kurland Roy Lipscomb Les O'Gara R. C. Pitts Cab Renick Warren Taulbee

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