Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. A total number of 23 nations entered the competition.
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| London 1948 | |||||||||
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| Olympics | 1948 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host nation | United Kingdom | ||||||||
| City | London | ||||||||
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| Teams | 23 | ||||||||
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| Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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Olympic basketball returned to indoor competition in Harringay Arena, after the disastrous weather conditions of the final game in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Format
- In the preliminary rounds, teams were divided into 3 groups of 6 squads and a group with 5 squads.
- The preliminary round was played in a single round-robin format
- The Group tournament ranking system was observed as follows:
| Team Result | Point Equivalent |
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| Game Win | 2 |
| Game loss via ordinary circumstances | 1 |
| Game loss via default | 0 |
- Ties were broken by the ratio of points scored to points allowed.
- After the preliminaries, the top 2 teams in each group will advance to the final round.
- The 4 remaining teams went to their respective classification playoffs.
Basketball
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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.svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States (USA) Cliff Barker Don Barksdale Ralph Beard Lew Beck Vince Boryla Gordon Carpenter Alex Groza Wah Wah Jones Bob Kurland Ray Lumpp R. C. Pitts Jesse Renick Jackie Robinson Kenny Rollins |
 France (FRA) André Barrais Michel Bonnevie André Buffière René Chocat René Dérency Maurice Desaymonnet André Even Maurice Girardot Fernand Guillou Raymond Offner Jacques Perrier Yvan Quénin Lucien Rebuffic Pierre Thiolon |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) Algodão Bráz Ruy de Freitas Marcus Vinícius Dias Affonso Évora Alexandre Gemignani Alfredo da Motta Alberto Marson Nilton Pacheco Massinet Sorcinelli |
Participating teams
| Defending Olympic Champion | |
| Olympic Runner-up | |
| Third placers | |
| Host nation |
| Americas | Europe | Asia | Africa | |
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| United States |
 Great Britain |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Philippines |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Egypt | |
| Brazil |
 Italy |
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France |
 Republic of China | ||
 Uruguay |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hungary |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iran | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iraq | ||
 Chile |
 Czechoslovakia |
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 Switzerland |
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 Ireland |
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 Cuba |
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Qualification berths for the Tournament
| Continental Zones | Automatic Qualifier | Additional berths from the previous Games | Total |
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| Host Nation | 1 | — | 1 |
| Defending Olympic Champions | 1 | — | 1 |
| Americas Region | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Asian Region | 5 | — | 5 |
| European Region | 7 | — | 7 |
| Africa Region | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 3 | 23 |
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
5 | 5 | 0 | 261 | 150 | +111 | 10 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Uruguay |
5 | 3 | 2 | 246 | 170 | +76 | 8 | |
| 3 | Hungary |
5 | 3 | 2 | 201 | 172 | +29 | 8 | Qualified to 9–16th classification round |
| 4 | Canada |
5 | 3 | 2 | 222 | 205 | +17 | 8 | |
| 5 | Italy |
5 | 1 | 4 | 170 | 208 | −38 | 6 | Qualified to 17th–23rd classification round |
| 6 | Great Britain |
5 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 298 | −195 | 5 |
Source: FIBA archive
- Uruguay def. Great Britain, 69–17
- Brazil def. Hungary, 45–41
- Canada def. Italy, 55–37
- Brazil def. Uruguay, 36–32
- Canada def. Great Britain, 44–24
- Hungary def. Italy, 32–19
- Brazil def. Great Britain, 76–11
- Hungary def. Canada, 37–36
- Uruguay def. Italy, 46–34
- Italy def. Great Britain, 49–28
- Uruguay def. Hungary, 49–31
- Brazil def. Canada, 57–35
- Hungary def. Great Britain, 60–23
- Brazil def. Italy, 47–31
- Canada def. Uruguay, 52–50
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Chile |
5 | 3 | 2 | 269 | 162 | +107 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | South Korea |
5 | 3 | 2 | 258 | 152 | +106 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Belgium |
5 | 3 | 2 | 232 | 155 | +77 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | Qualified for 9–16th classification round |
| 4 | Philippines |
5 | 3 | 2 | 261 | 198 | +63 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 5 | Republic of China |
5 | 3 | 2 | 281 | 202 | +79 | 8[lower-alpha 1] | Qualified for 17th–23rd classification round |
| 6 | Iraq |
5 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 545 | −432 | 5 |
Source: FIBA Archive
Notes:
Notes:
- Chile wins the five-way tiebreaker, with the following point differential in head-to-head matches among tied teams:
Chile +25, Korea +6, Belgium -1, Philippines -9, and China -21.
- Philippines def. Iraq, 102–30
- Korea def. Belgium, 29–27
- Chile def. China, 44–39
- Chile def. Iraq, 100–18
- Philippines def. Korea, 35–33
- China def. Belgium, 36–34
- Chile def. Philippines, 68–39
- Belgium def. Iraq, 98–20
- China def. Korea, 49–48
- Belgium def. Chile, 38–36
- Korea def. Iraq, 120–20
- Philippines def. China, 51–32
- Belgium def. Philippines, 35–34
- China def. Iraq, 125–25
- Korea def. Chile, 28–21
Group C
Scene of the USA v Argentina match
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 325 | 167 | +158 | 10 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 217 | 190 | +27 | 9 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
5 | 3 | 2 | 246 | 199 | +47 | 8 | Qualified for 9–16th classification round |
| 4 | Peru |
5 | 2 | 3 | 198 | 187 | +11 | 7 | |
| 5 | Egypt |
5 | 1 | 4 | 162 | 256 | −94 | 6 | Qualified for 17th–23rd classification round |
| 6 | Switzerland |
5 | 0 | 5 | 120 | 269 | −149 | 5 |
Source: FIBA Archives
- United States def. Switzerland, 86–21
- Czechoslovakia def. Peru, 38–30
- Argentina def. Egypt, 57–38
- Peru def. Egypt, 52–27
- Argentina def. Switzerland, 49–23
- United States def. Czechoslovakia, 53–28
- Peru def. Switzerland, 49–19
- United States def. Argentina, 59–57
- Czechoslovakia def. Egypt, 52–38
- United States def. Egypt, 66–28
- Czechoslovakia def. Switzerland, 54–28
- Argentina def. Peru, 42–34
- Egypt def. Switzerland, 31–29
- United States def. Peru, 61–33
- Czechoslovakia def. Argentina, 45–41
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico |
4 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 109 | +125 | 8 | Advanced to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | France |
4 | 3 | 1 | 214 | 131 | +83 | 7 | |
| 3 | Cuba |
4 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 131 | +82 | 6 | Qualified for 9–16th classification round |
| 4 | Iran |
4 | 1 | 3 | 136 | 215 | −79 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ireland |
4 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 281 | −211 | 4 | Qualified for 17th–23rd classification round |
Source: FIBA Archives
- France def. Iran, 62–30
- Mexico def. Cuba, 39–31
- Mexico def. Ireland, 71–9
- France def. Cuba, 37–31
- Mexico def. France, 56–42
- Iran def. Ireland, 49–22
- Mexico def. Iran, 68–27
- Cuba def. Ireland, 88–25
- Cuba def. Iran, 63–30
- France def. Ireland, 73–14
Classification rounds
17th–23rd place classification rounds
A bye was given to Egypt as total number of teams is not a multiple of 2, which gave them bye to the classification semifinals. Also, Ireland was deemed to have finished last, due to the loss to Switzerland and a bye they earned from Iraq.
| 21st place match | 21st–23rd place semifinal | Classification Quarterfinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | 17th place match | |||||||||||||||||||
| B4 | Republic of China | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C6 | Switzerland | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C6 | Switzerland | 55 | B4 | Republic of China | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D5 | Ireland | 12 | A6 | Great Britain | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A6 | Great Britain | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D5 | Ireland | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C6 | Switzerland (W/O) | 2* | B4 | Republic of China | 38 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B6 | Iraq | 0 | A5 | Italy | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A5 | Italy | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B6 | Iraq | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A5 | Italy | 35 | 19th place match | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C5 | Egypt | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A6 | Great Britain | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C5 | Egypt | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification Quarterfinals
21st–23rd place semifinal
17th–20th place semifinals
9th-16th place classification playoffs
Hungary forfeited all of their matches in the classification round, and a win were awarded to their respective opponents, which are marked by asterisks.
| 13th place match | 13th–16th place semifinals | Classification Quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | |||||||||||||||||||
| B3 | Belgium (W/O) | 2* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Hungary | 0 | B3 | Belgium | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D4 | Iran (W/O) | 2* | A4 | Canada | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A4 | Canada | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D4 | Iran | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D4 | Iran | 36 | A4 | Canada | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D3 | Cuba | 70 | C4 | Peru | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| C4 | Peru | 45 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D3 | Cuba | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15th place match | D3 | Cuba | 35 | C4 | Peru | 40 | 11th place match | ||||||||||||||||
| C3 | Argentina | 34 | B5 | Philippines | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A3 | Hungary | 0 | B5 | Philippines | 45 | B3 | Belgium | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| C3 | Argentina (W/O) | 2* | C3 | Argentina | 43 | B5 | Philippines | 34 | |||||||||||||||
Classification quarterfinals
13th–16th place semifinals
9th–12th place semifinals
Final round
| Fifth place match | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | United States | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Uruguay | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Uruguay | 45 | C1 | United States | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | South Korea | 36 | D1 | Mexico | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Mexico | 43 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | South Korea | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Uruguay | 50 | C1 | United States | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Chile | 32 | D2 | France | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Brazil | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| C2 | Czechoslovakia | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place match | C2 | Czechoslovakia | 36 | A1 | Brazil | 33 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Chile | 38 | D2 | France | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | South Korea | 38 | D2 | France | 53 | D1 | Mexico | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| C2 | Czechoslovakia | 39 | B1 | Chile | 52 | A1 | Brazil | 52 | |||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Final classification matches
21st place match
19th place match
17th place match
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
12 August 1948 19:30 |
| Philippines |
34–38 | Belgium |
| Scoring by half: 16–16, 18–22 | ||
| Pts: Ramon Campos 17 | Pts: Henri Coosemans 14 | |
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
13 August 1948 |
| United States |
65–21 | France |
| Scoring by half: 28–9, 37–12 | ||
| Pts: Alex Groza 11 | Pts: René Chocat 8 | |
Awards
| 1948 Olympic Basketball Champions |
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 United States Second title |
Participating nations
For the team rosters see: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
Each country was allowed to enter one team of up to 14 players and they all were eligible for participation (with a maximum of five on the court at any given moment). A total of 298(*) basketball players from 23 nations competed at the London Games:
- Argentina (14)
- Belgium (14)
- Brazil (12)
- Canada (14)
- Chile (14)
- Republic of China (10)
- Cuba (14)
- Czechoslovakia (14)
- Egypt (14)
- France (14)
- Great Britain (13)
- Hungary (14)(**)
- Ireland (14)
- Iran (13)
- Iraq (10)
- Italy (14)
- South Korea (9)
- Mexico (14)
- Peru (11)
- Philippines (10)
- Switzerland (14)
- United States (14)
- Uruguay (14)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least, according to the official report, because the rosters for the matches are unknown. It is also unknown up to now, if there were more reserve players.
(*) and (**) It is uncertain if P. Benedek and J. Verbenyi played for Hungary in this tournament. The official report shows them, but Hungarian sources did not, however they are counted.
Summary
| Place | Nation |
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| 1 | United States (USA) |
| Head Coach: Omar Browning (Phillips 66ers (Bartlesville, OK)) Cliff Barker (Kentucky) Don Barksdale (Oakland Bittners/UCLA) Ralph Beard (Kentucky) Lew Beck (Phillips 66ers/Oregon State) Vince Boryla (Denver Nuggets/Denver) Gordon Carpenter (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas) Alex Groza (Kentucky) Wah Wah Jones (Kentucky) Bob Kurland (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.) Ray Lumpp (NYU) R. C. Pitts (Phillips 66ers/Arkansas) Jesse Renick (Phillips 66ers/Oklahoma St.) Jackie Robinson (Baylor) Kenny Rollins (Kentucky) | |
| 2 | France (FRA) |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) |
| Head Coach: Moacir Daiuto | |
| 4 | Mexico (MEX) Angel Acuña Lizaña Issac Alfaro Loza Alberto Bienvenu Barajas Jorge Cardiel Gaytán José de la Cruz Cabrera Gándara Rodolfo Díaz Mercado Francisco Galindo Chávez Jorge Gudiño Goya Héctor Guerrero Delgado Emilio López Enríquez Fernando Rojas Herrera José Rojas Herera Ignacio Romo Porchas Josué Santos de León Neri |
| 5 | Uruguay (URU) Martín Acosta y Lara Néstor F. Anton Giudice Victorio Cieslinskas Nelson Demarco Miguel Carlos Diab Figoli Abraham Eidlin Grossman Eduardo A. Folle Colombo Héctor García Eduardo M. Gordon Morgan Adesio Lombardo Roberto Lovera Gustavo Magariños Morales de los Ríos Carlos Roselló Héctor Ruiz |
| 6 | Chile (CHI) Eduardo Cordero Fernández Ezequiel Figueroa Reyes Juan José Gallo Chinchilla Roberto Hammer Casadio Eduardo Kapstein Suckel Manuel Ledesma Barrales Víctor Mahana Badrie Luis Enrique Marmentini Gil Andrés Mitrovic Guic Antonio Moreno Rodillo Eduardo Parra Rojas Hermán Raffo Abarca Marcos Sánchez Carmona Guillermo Verdugo Yañez |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) Head Coach: Josef Fleischlinger Karel Bělohradský Cyril Benáček Jiří Chlup Jiří Drvota Josef Ezr Jozef Kalina Jan Kozák Václav Krása Zoltán Krenický Jozef Křepela Ivan Mrázek Jiří Siegel Josef Toms Ladislav Trpkoš |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) Ahn Byung-Suk Bang Won-Sun Chang Chin-Ri Chyo Joon-Deuk Kang Hyun-Bong Kim Shin-Chung Lee Hoon-Sang Lee Yung-Choon Oh Chul-Soo |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) Head Coach: Bob Osborne (University of British Columbia)) Ole Bakken (University of British Columbia) Bill Bell (University of British Columbia) Doodie Bloomfield (Montréal YMHA) Dave Campbell (University of British Columbia) Harry Kermode (University of British Columbia) Bennie Lands (Montréal YMHA) Pat McGeer (University of British Columbia) Reid Mitchell (University of British Columbia) Mendy Morein (Montréal YMHA) Nev Munro (University of British Columbia) Bobby Scarr (University of British Columbia) Cy Strulovitch (Montréal YMHA) Sol Tolchinsky (Montréal YMHA) Murray Waxman (Montréal YMHA) |
| 10 | Peru (PER) G. Ahrens Valdivia Carlos Alegre Benavides David Descalzo Álvarez Virgilio Drago Burga Alberto Fernández Calderón Arturo Ferreyros Pérez Eduardo Fiestas Arce Rodolfo Salas Crespo Luis Sánchez Maquiavelo R. Ríos Soracco José Vizcarra Nieto |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) Georges Baert Auguste Bernaer Henri Coosemans François de Pauw Henri Hermans André Hollanders Henri Hollanders Emile Kets Léon Lampo Julien Meuris Gustave Poppe René Steurbaut Luois van de Goor Armand van Wambeke |
| 12 | Philippines (PHI) Head Coach: Dionisio Calvo Manuel Araneta Ramón Campos Eduardo Decena Andrés de la Cruz Felicisimo Fajardo Gabriel Fajardo Edgardo Fulgencio Antonio Luis Martínez Lauro Mumar Francisco Vestil |
| 13 | Cuba (CUB) Mario Aguero Medrano José Miguel Alvarez Pozo Casimiro García Artime Juan García García R. Carlos García Ordoñez Francisco Lavernia Hernández José Llanusa Gobel Miguel Llaneras Rodríguez Federico López Garviso Pedro Manuel Otero Vázquez Mario Quintero Padrón Fabio Ruiz Vinajeras Ramón Wiltz Bucelo Otazo A. Paget |
| 14 | Iran (IRI) Head Coach: Kazem Rahbari Kazem Ashtari Asghar Ehsasi Fereidoun Esfandiari Hossein Hashemi Hossein Jabbarzadegan Hossein Karandish Farhang Mohtadi Houshang Rafatjah Fereydoon Sadeghi Ziaoddin Shadman Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Sorouri Hossein Saoudipour |
| 15 | Argentina (ARG) Head Coach: Jorge Hugo Canavesi Raúl Calvo Leopoldo Contarbio Oscar Furlong Ricardo González Manuel Guerrero Rafael Lledó León Martinetti Rubén Menini Jorge Nuré Oscar Pérez Cattáno Arturo Ruffa Juan Carlos Uder Bruno Varani Tomás Vío |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) Antal Bánkuti P. Benedek János Halász Géza Kardos József Kozma István Lovrics Tibor Mezőfi György Nagy László Novakovszky Attila Timár Geng István Timár Geng Ede Vadászi J. Verbenyi Tibor Zsíros |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) Gianfranco Bersani Carlo Cerioni Sergio Ferriani Ezio Mantelli Federico Marietti Giancarlo Marinelli Giovanni Nesti Valentino Pellarini Giancarlo Primo Renzo Ranuzzi Luigi Rapini Romeo Romanutti Sergio Stefanini Vittorio Tracuzzi |
| 18 | Republic of China (ROC) Chia Chung-Chang Chua Bon-Hua Kya Is-Kyun Lee Edward Lee Tsun-Tung Pao John Sung-Yuan Wee Tian-Siak Woo Cheng-Chang Yee Jose Yu Sai-Chang |
| 19 | Egypt (EGY) Youssef Mohamed Abbas Youssef Abou Ouf Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir Armand Philippe Catafago Mahmoud Gamal el Leissy Albert Fahmy Tadros Mohamed Habib Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez Robert Makzoume Hassan Moawad Medhat Youssef Mohamad Hussein Kamal Montassir Ahmed Nessim Mohamed Soliman |
| 20 | Great Britain (GBR) Frank Cole Trevor C. Davies Alexander Elk Malcolm Finlay Colin L. Hunt Douglas C. Legg Ronald H. Legg Stanley McMeekan Sydney McMeekan Robert H. Norris Lionel Price Harry L. Weston Stanley B. Weston |
| 21 | Switzerland (SUI) Pierre Albrecht Henri Baumann Marc Bossy Claude Chevalley Maurice Chollet Bernard Dutoit Robert Geiser Hans Gujer Claude Landini Jean Pare G. Piaget Jean Pollet Georges Stockly J. Tribolet |
| 22 | Iraq (IRQ) Hashim Awni Kanaan Kadir Irfan Ali Salman Salih Faraj George Hanna Hamid Ahmed Wadud Khalil Mahdi Salman Yonan Emile |
| 23 | Ireland (IRL) Harry Boland Vincie Crehan John Flynn William Jackson Thomas Keenan James R. McGee Gerald McLoughlin Thomas Malone Frank B. O'Connor Donald O'Donovan Daniel Reddin Donald Sheriff Patrick Sheriff Christy Walsh Liam Doherty |
References
- Finkelman, Paul, ed. (2009). Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 To The Present. Vol. 4. Oxford University: Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-19-516779-5.
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