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R. C. Pitts
	Pitts with the Phillips 66ers.
Personal information
Born	June 23, 1919; Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	October 29, 2011 (aged 92); Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight	201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	University (Oxford, Mississippi)
College	Arkansas (1939–1942)
Position	Guard
Career highlights and awards
	AAU All-American (1948); First-team All-SWC (1942);
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Robert C. Pitts (June 23, 1919 – October 29, 2011) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Pitts played collegiately for the University of Arkansas, making All-Southwest Conference in 1942.^[1] He later played for the Amateur Athletic Union juggernaut Phillips Petroleum Phillips 66ers, where he made AAU All-America in 1948.^[2]

Pitts was part of the American men's basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, which won the gold medal.^[3]

Personal life edit

Pitts served as a first lieutenant in the 68th Bombardment Squadron of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.^[4] Flying 22 missions with his crew, he was awarded the Air Medal.^[4]

^ "Hogwired - All about sports" (PDF).
^ Amateur Athletic Union Basketball
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "R. C. Pitts Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "R.C. Pitts". Olympedia. Retrieved January 14, 2021.