| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Basketball | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1972 Munich | United States | |
William Edward Ratleff (born March 29, 1950 in Bellefontaine, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. Basketball has been played consistently at the Summer Olympic Games since 1936 with demonstration events in 1904 and 1924 The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was Final results for the Basketball Competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bellefontaine (pronounced bell-FOUN-tin bɛlˈfaʊntɨn is a city in and the County seat of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m
A 6'6" guard/forward from California State University, Long Beach, Ratleff played for the United States national basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where the United States lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union. The three basketball positions normally employed by organized Basketball teams are guard forward and center The three basketball positions normally employed by organized Basketball teams are guard forward and center California State University Long Beach (also known as Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach State, CSU Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU The United States men's national basketball team is the representative for the United States of America in international men's Basketball. The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was Final results for the Basketball Competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Ratleff and his teammates earned silver medals, which they refused to accept. Throughout the Olympic tournament, Ratleff averaged 6. 4 points per game. Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the Average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport over the course of a series of games a whole [1]
From 1973 to 1978, Ratleff played professional basketball in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets are an American professional Basketball team based in Houston Texas. He averaged 8. 3 points and 4. 0 rebounds in his NBA career. A rebound in Basketball is the act of successfully gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or Free throw. [2]
Ratleff played high school basketball with Dwight "Bo" Lamar of Southwestern Louisiana at Columbus Eastmoor.
Notes
- ^ USA Basketball.
- ^ Ed Ratleff Statistics at Basketball-Reference. com
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