Work : Prize 2 August 1952 (Olympic Gold medal, Basketball team, Helsinki) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death by Disease 9 March 2016 (Cancer, age 86) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American basketball player, the first in history to play on an NCAA championship team, Olympics gold medal basketball team, and NBA championship squad. Very tall at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he landed a place on the 1952 Summer Olympics gold medal team in Helsinki and was the teams dominating player and leading scorer. He played in the NBA for the Minneapolis Lakers (1953–1957), Cincinnati Royals (1957–1958), St. Louis Hawks (1958–1962) and Boston Celtics (1962–1964). Lovellette died on 9 March 2016 from cancer in North Manchester, Indiana at the age of 86. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less