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Born | Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S. | June 23, 1919||||||||||||||
Died | October 29, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | University ( Oxford, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||
College | Arkansas (1939–1942) | ||||||||||||||
Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
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Robert 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. [3]
Pitts served as a first lieutenant in the 68th Bombardment Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. [4] Flying 22 missions with his crew, he was awarded the Air Medal. [4]