Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball
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Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.[1][2]
Medal summary
Source: Paralympic.org [3]
Class A (incomplete)
- Monday: USA 32 - 10 Austria[4][5]
- Tuesday: USA 17 - 8 Israel[4]
Rosters A
- USA:[5]
- Frank Vecerra, East St. Louis, Ill
- William Johnson, Long Beach Calif.
- Percy Mabee, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Richard Maduro, Madeira Beach, Fla.[6]
- Philip Hall, Indianapolis, Ind.
Class B (incomplete)
Rosters B
- USA:[5]
- Ron Stein (age 22), Champaign, Ill.
- Paul Jones (age 23), Montgommery, Pa.
- John Kennedy (age 27), Jackson Heights, N.Y.
- Bruce Karr (age 23), Addison, Ill
- Saul Welger (age 29), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Anderson McCullough (age 25), Waukegan, Ill.
- Randy Dagis (age 21), Rockford Ill.
- Wayne Broeren (age 26), Champaign, Ill.
Participating nations A, B (incomplete)
- Australia[7]
- Austria[5]
- Belgium[7][8][9]
- Great Britain
- Israel
- Netherlands (Holland)
- USA[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1960 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball, by Michael C. Bryce, spitfirechallenge.ca
- ↑ U.S. Wheel Chair Archer Victor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, September 22, 1960
- ↑ "Medallists, Rome 1960 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1960. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 U.S. Paraplegics Post 2nd Win, The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 21, 1960, Google News Archive Search
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 U.S. Cagers Are Class Of Paralympics, St. Petersburg Times, September 20, 1960, Google News
- ↑ Wheel Chair Player Home With 3 Olympic Medals, The Evening Independent, September 29, 1960, Google News Archive Search
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Easy Win in Basketball at Paralympics, The Age, September 21, 1960, Google News Archive Search
- ↑ Wheelchair Cage Team Posts Win, Lewiston Morning Tribune, September 20, 1960, Google News
- ↑ Yanks Roll To 2 Wins, The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 20, 1960, Google News Archive Search
United States (USA)
Great Britain (GBR)
Israel (ISR)
Netherlands (NED)