Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.

Medal summary

<small>Source: Paralympic.org </small>

Class A (incomplete)

• Monday: USA 32 - 10 Austria
• Tuesday: USA 17 - 8 Israel

Rosters A

• USA:
• Frank Vecera, East St. Louis, Ill
• William Johnson, Long Beach Calif.
• Percy Mabee, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Richard Maduro, Madeira Beach, Fla.
• Philip Hall, Indianapolis, Ind.

Class B (incomplete)

• Monday: USA 37 - 6 Belgium

Rosters B

• USA:
• Ron Stein (age 22), Champaign, Ill.
• Paul Jones (age 23), Montgommery, Pa.
• Don Kennedy (age 27), Jackson Heights, N.Y.
• Bruce Karr (age 23), Addison, Ill
• Saul Welger (age 29), Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Anderson McCullough (age 25), Waukegan, Ill.
• Randy Dagis (age 21), Rockford Ill.
• Wayne Broeren (age 26), Champaign, Ill.
• Peter Acca (age 31), Brooklyn, N.Y.

Participating nations A, B (incomplete)

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Great Britain
• Israel
• Netherlands (Holland)
• USA

http://www.nwba.org/news_article/show/540705?referrer_id=2077043

See also

• Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

References

• The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=multi&sport=28&gender=all (Per Apr.17, 2011)