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carpenter with the phillips 66ers . 6 ash flat -lrb- ash flat , arkansas -rrb- 220 8 march 1988 ash flat , arkansas 250px american forward gordon carpenter
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gordon carpenter

gordon `` shorty '' carpenter -lrb- september 24 , 1919 -- march 8 , 1988 -rrb- was an american basketball player , and part of gold medal winning american basketball team at the 1948 summer olympics .
born in ash flat , arkansas and nicknamed `` shorty '' despite his 6 foot , 6 inch frame , carpenter played his college basketball at the university of arkansas , where he was an all-southwest conference performer in 1943 .
he later played aau basketball for both the phillips 66ers and denver chevrolets , making aau all-american teams each year from 1943 to 1947 .
he coached the united states men 's national basketball team at the 1950 fiba world championship , winning the silver medal .
carpenter was named to the arkansas sports hall of fame and the helms athletic hall of fame .
following his playing career , he became a referee with the big eight conference .
