Lew Beck (basketball)

Lew Beck
	Beck with the Phillips 66ers.
Personal information
Born	April 19, 1922; Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died	April 3, 1970 (aged 47); Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Pendleton (Pendleton, Oregon)
College	Oregon State (1941–1943, 1946–1947)
Position	Guard
Career highlights and awards
	Third team All-American – Helms (1947); First-team All-PCC (1947);
Men's Basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Lewis William Beck Jr. (April 19, 1922 – April 3, 1970) was an All-American college basketball player who was captain of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the Gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[1] Before he began playing for Oregon State University, he suffered a leg injury in World War II.

Lew died of cancer in April 1970, his funeral was on April 7, 1970, in Portland, Oregon.^[2] The Oregon State University basketball team honored him by including among its annual awards the Lew Beck Memorial Award, the award given to the player who is deemed to be the team's most outstanding newcomer. In 1981, Lew was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lew Beck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ Oregon State University Library Index

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lew Beck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[2] Oregon State University Library Index

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