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Marcus Ross Freiberger ((1928-11-27)November 27, 1928 – June 29, 2005) was an American basketball player from Amarillo, Texas who was a Gold Medalist in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Playing career

At 6'11", Freiberger played collegiately for the Oklahoma Sooners.

He was a member of the 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team that won the Gold Medal in Helsinki.[2]

From 1951–1955 Freiberger played for the Caterpillar Diesels and then the Houston Ada Oilers in the National Industrial Basketball League.[3]

Death

Freiberger died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on June 29, 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Marc Freiberger International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marc Freiberger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "NIBL-Marcus Freiberger".


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