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One hundred days of kansas city-vicinity olympians: bill lienhard, basketball
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ronnie macgilvray of st. John's (15), sails beyond kansas' invoice lienhard (eleven) to attain two points in ncaa title recreation, march 26, 1952, in seattle. At proper is bob kenney (9) of kansas. Kansas gained eighty-sixty three. 사설토토

Kansas town, mo. — the final of the 8 1952 men’s basketball olympic champions from the college of kansas, bill lienhard turned into born in texas but moved to newton, kansas, as a excessive college sophomore. He became a kingdom champion with the railers in 1946 and all-country performer in 1948 as a senior, main all kansas players in scoring, in keeping with a 2013 article inside the kansan. That landed him on the college of kansas, wherein he turned into a senior captain on the 1952 ncaa championship squad. Lienhard turned into fifth at the jayhawks in both scoring (five. 8 factors) and rebounds (three. 2 rebounds). He had 12 points towards st. John’s in the ncaa title sport. For the duration of the olympics, lienhard averaged 18 points in six video games for the unbeaten u. S. Squad. Lienhard, who's part of the newton excessive school and ku athletic halls of fame, was elected to the kansas sports hall of fame in 2013. He also performed basketball after joining the air pressure. Several of lienhard's teammates at ku — invoice hougland, dean kelley, al kelley, bob kenney, charlie hoag, john keller and clyde lovellette — additionally played on the 1952 olympic gold medal group together with mizzou’s dan pippin.

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