John Paul "Pete" McCaffrey (born January 24, 1938) is a retired American

United States

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 basketball player. He played for the gold medal-winning United States men's national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics

1964 Summer Olympics

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. He also played for the fourth place squad at the 1963 FIBA World Championship

1963 FIBA World Championship

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McCaffrey was born in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

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 and played collegiately at Saint Louis

Saint Louis University

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. Later, in 1994, he was inducted into the school's hall of fame.

Aside from playing for the national team, McCaffrey played in the Amateur Athletic Union

Amateur Athletic Union

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, first for the Buchan Bakers and then for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots. He was named an AAU All-American

AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans

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three times – in 1962, 1963 and 1964 – while playing for the Wingfoots.