Ralph Bishop
Encyclopedia
Ralph English Bishop (October 1, 1915 – October 1, 1974) was an American
basketball
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
.
He was part of the American basketball team that won the gold medal. He played three matches including the final.
Bishop later played professionally for the Denver Nuggets
of the National Basketball League
, a forerunner to the National Basketball Association
. He averaged 1.8 points per game during the 1948-1949 season.
He played college basketball at the University of Washington
in Seattle, Washington.
United States
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
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 that won the gold medal. He played three matches including the final.
Bishop later played professionally for the Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets (original)
This article is about the original Denver Nuggets NBL/NBA team from 1948-1950. For the current NBA team see Denver Nuggets.The Denver Nuggets were a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado, The United States of America...
of the National Basketball League
National Basketball League (United States)
Founded in 1937, the National Basketball League, often abbreviated to NBL, was a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league would later merge with the Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.- League history :The...
, a forerunner to the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
. He averaged 1.8 points per game during the 1948-1949 season.
He played college basketball at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
in Seattle, Washington.