Joe Fortenberry
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Joseph Cephis Fortenberry (April 1, 1911 – June 3, 1993) was an American
basketball
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
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He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.
After he played in the Olympics, Fortenberry played five seasons with the Phillips 66
Oilers, the perennial power in the AAU basketball league, the premier basketball league in the United States before the NBA. He played from the 1936-37 season through the 1940-41 season, winning an AAU national championship in 1940.
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Basketball
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player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
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He was part of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final.
After he played in the Olympics, Fortenberry played five seasons with the Phillips 66
Phillips 66
Phillips 66 is a brand of gasoline and service station in the U.S. It is owned by the ConocoPhillips Company.Phillips 66 will also be the name of the future downstream company created when ConocoPhillips repositions its integrated assets and businesses into two independent, publicly-traded...
Oilers, the perennial power in the AAU basketball league, the premier basketball league in the United States before the NBA. He played from the 1936-37 season through the 1940-41 season, winning an AAU national championship in 1940.