- Dick Triptow
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Richard (Dick) F. Triptow (born November 3, 1922) is a retired American basketball player. At 6'0" and 170 pounds, he played as a guard and a forward.
Triptow attended Lane Tech High School and DePaul University, both in Chicago, Illinois. From 1944 to 1949, he played professional basketball in the National Basketball League and National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago American Gears, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, and the Baltimore Bullets. Playing alongside George Mikan, Triptow won an NBL championship with the Gears in 1947.
In 1997, Triptow wrote a book about his experiences with the Chicago American Gears, called The Dynasty That Never Was (ISBN 0965928004).
External links
- NBA statistics
- Association for Professional Basketball Research's NBL statistics - downloadable database
1944 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans First Team
Bob Brannum • Audley Brindley • Otto Graham • Leo Klier • Bob Kurland • George Mikan • Allie PaineSecond Team
Bob Dille • Arnie Ferrin • Don Grate • Dale Hall • Bill Henry • Dick TriptowCategories:- 1922 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- Basketball players from Illinois
- DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball players
- Chicago American Gears players
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks players
- Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons players
- Fort Wayne Pistons players
- Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players
- Professional Basketball League of America players
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs
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