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Ralph Bishop

Personal information
Born	(1915-10-01)October 1, 1915 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	October 1, 1974(1974-10-01) (aged 59) Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Yakima (Yakima, Washington)
College	Yakima Valley CC (1932–1933) Washington (1933–1936)
NBA draft	1947: – round, –
Selected by the Chicago Stags
Position	Forward
Career history
1948–1949	Denver Nuggets
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-American – Converse (1936) First-team All-PCC (1936)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Representing  United States Men's basketball Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Team competition

Ralph English Bishop (October 1, 1915 – October 1, 1974) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the American basketball team that won the gold medal. He played three matches including the final.

Bishop later played professionally for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball League, a forerunner to the National Basketball Association. He averaged 1.8 points per game during the 1948–1949 season.

He played college basketball at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.

Notes

1. BBALLsports.com Basketball Player Database.

External links

• NBL stats
• Olympic profile
• USA Basketball All-Time Roster.

v t e United States basketball squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
Balter Bishop Fortenberry Gibbons Johnson Knowles Lubin Mollner Piper Ragland Schmidt Shy Swanson Wheatley Coach: Needles

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• All-American college men's basketball players
• Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
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• Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Basketball players from Brooklyn
• Basketball players from Washington (state)
• Chicago Stags draft picks
• Denver Nuggets (1948–1950) players
• Forwards (basketball)
• Junior college men's basketball players in the United States
• Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
• United States men's national basketball team players
• Washington Huskies men's basketball players
• American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs