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| Born | (1928-11-27)November 27, 1928 Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Died | June 29, 2005(2005-06-29) (aged 76) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||
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| High school | Greenville (Greenville, Texas) | |||||||||||
| College | Oklahoma (1948–1951) | |||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1951: 1st round, 3rd overall pick | |||||||||||
| Selected by the Indianapolis Olympians | ||||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||
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Marcus Ross Freiberger ((1928-11-27)November 27, 1928 – June 29, 2005) was an American basketball player from Amarillo, Texas who was a gold medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Playing 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.
From 1951 to 1955 Freiberger played for the Caterpillar Diesels and then the Houston Ada Oilers in the National Industrial Basketball League.
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". 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
| United States basketball squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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- 1928 births
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- 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)
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs