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Originally Posted by Michael B
At the 1936 Olympics the games were played at the tennisplätze, Reichssportfeld in the tennisstadion. The Mühlen Franck card (color one, bottom row) shows the first game of the quarterfinals played on August 12 at 5 p.m. Joe Fortenberry of the U.S. is making a layup He was the leading scorer in the game with 21 points. Jesús Marzan is #8 for the Philippines. He scored two points in the game. The U.S. team back then was picked by a tournament.
I acquired a 5 pound box of papers related to his basketball career from the son-in-law of Bill Wheatley. It included a lot of items on the Oakland Bittners and the original A.B.A.
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This is great info. I knew about Joe Fortenberry being the guy doing the layup but it's so cool to hear the rest.