Nationality American Name R. Pitts | Listed weight 201 lb (91 kg) | |
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Born June 23, 1919Pontotoc, Mississippi ( 1919-06-23 ) High school University (Oxford, Mississippi) | ||
Listed height 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) |
Robert C. "R. 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. He later played for the Amateur Athletic Union juggernaut Phillips Petroleum Phillips 66ers, where he made AAU All-America in 1948.
Pitts was part of the American men's basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, which won the gold medal.
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