Jerry Shipp
Jerome Franklin Shipp (September 27, 1935 – October 5, 2021) was an American basketball player. He played for the U.S. national team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, 1963 Pan American Games and 1964 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the latter two competitions. Shipp was also a three-time Amateur Athletic Union All-American for the Phillips 66ers in Bartlesville, Oklahoma during the 1960s.
Shipp during the 1963–64 season | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 27, 1935 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 5, 2021 (aged 86) Denison, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Blue (Blue, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | SE Oklahoma State (1955–1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1959: 9th round, 64th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Knicks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
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