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Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

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1960

Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.

Contents

Medal summary

Source: Paralympic.org

Class A (incomplete)

  • Monday: USA 32 - 10 Austria
  • Tuesday: USA 17 - 8 Israel

    • Rosters A

  • USA:
  • Frank Vecerra, East St. Louis, Ill
  • William Johnson, Long Beach Calif.
  • Percy Mabee, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Richard Maduro, Madeira Beach, Fla.
  • Philip Hall, Indianapolis, Ind.

    • Rosters B

  • USA:
  • Ron Stein (age 22), Champaign, Ill.
  • Paul Jones (age 23), Montgommery, Pa.
  • John Kennedy (age 27), Jackson Heights, N.Y.
  • Bruce Karr (age 23), Addison, Ill
  • Saul Welger (age 29), Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Anderson McCullough (age 25), Waukegan, Ill.
  • Randy Dagis (age 21), Rockford Ill.
  • Wayne Broeren (age 26), Champaign, Ill.
  • Peter Acca (age 31), Brooklyn, N.Y.

    • Participating nations A, B (incomplete)

  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Great Britain
  • Israel
  • Netherlands (Holland)
  • USA
    • http://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/540705?referrer_id=2077043

    References

    Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia
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