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Dan Pippin
	Pippin (left) at the University of Missouri in 1949 with sister Nancy
Personal information
Born	October 20, 1926; St. Louis, Missouri
Died	April 1, 1965 (aged 38); Mexico, Missouri
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Waynesville (Waynesville, Missouri)
College	Missouri (1943–1948)
Position	Guard / Forward
Career highlights and awards
	2× First-team All-Big Six (1944, 1947); 2× AAU All-American (1952–1953);
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

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Dan Luther Pippin (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was a farmboy from Waynesville, Missouri who became an All-Big 6 basketball player at the University of Missouri. He later captained the 1952 United States Olympic team that won the gold medal in Helsinki. He played all eight games.^[1]

After Pippin graduated from the University of Missouri he went to work for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois, and played for the National Industrial Basketball League team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats. Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the insurance business before returning to his native Missouri.

Pippin had three children, Dru, a veterinarian now living in Missouri, DeeAnn, living in Hartsburg, and David, who died in 2005 in Houston.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Pippin Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

External links

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Pippin Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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-'''Dan Luther Pippin''' (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was a farmboy from [[Waynesville, Missouri]] who became an All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big 6]] basketball player at the [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|University of Missouri]].  He later captained the 1952 United States Olympic team that won the gold medal in Helsinki.  He played all eight games.
+'''Dan Luther Pippin''' (October 20, 1926 – April 1, 1965) was a farmboy from [[Waynesville, Missouri]] who became an All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big 6]] basketball player at the [[Missouri Tigers men's basketball|University of Missouri]].  He later captained the 1952 United States Olympic team that won the gold medal in Helsinki.  He played all eight games.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/dan-pippin-1.html |title=Dan Pippin Olympic Results |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref>
 After Pippin graduated from the [[University of Missouri]] he went to work for the [[Caterpillar Tractor Company]] in [[Peoria, Illinois]], and played for the [[National Industrial Basketball League]] team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats.  Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he engaged in the insurance business before returning to his native Missouri.
 Pippin had three children, Dru, a veterinarian now living in Missouri, DeeAnn, living in Hartsburg, and David, who died in 2005 in Houston.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065756/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PIPPIDAN01 profile]
-*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/dan-pippin-1.html |title=Dan Pippin}}
 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081011192454/http://www.gpshof.org/Inductees/caterpillarbasketball1952.html Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame]