Dan Pippin
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Dan Luther Pippin was farmboy from Waynesville, Missouri
who became an All Big 6
and All American 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.
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 enaged 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.
Waynesville, Missouri
-Registered historic places:* Old Stagecoach Stop * Pulaski County Courthouse-Transportation:Waynesville Regional Airport at Forney Field serves the community with air service; even though it's on Fort Leonard Wood, it is jointly run by the cities of Waynesville and St...
who became an All Big 6
Big Eight Conference
The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
and All American basketball player at the University of Missouri
Missouri Tigers men's basketball
The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represents the University of Missouri in the Big 12 Conference. The Tigers are located in Columbia, Missouri. The team last played in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 2011. The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team plays its home games at...
. He later captained the 1952 United States Olympic team that won the gold medal in Helsinki. He played all eight games.
After Pippin graduated from the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
he went to work for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
, and played for the National Industrial Basketball League
National Industrial Basketball League
The National Industrial Basketball League was founded in 1947, to enable mill workers a chance to compete in basketball. The league was founded out of the teams that did not join the newly formed NBA...
team it sponsored, the Peoria Cats. Pippin later moved to New Mexico where he enaged 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.