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Cliff Barker

1921 - 1998

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Clifford "Cliff" Eugene Barker (January 15, 1921 – March 17, 1998) was an American basketball player who won the gold medal with the USA national basketball team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London and two national championships at the University of Kentucky. While at the University of Kentucky, Barker was an All-SEC (Second Team) and All-SEC Tournament guard during the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons. A member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, Barker was a B-17 Flying Fortress waist gunner and spent 16 months as a prisoner-of-war. "Fancy Nancy III," the B-17 he was assigned to was shot down in the vicinity of Konigslutter. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Barker is the 233rd most popular basketball player (up from 389th in 2019), the 10,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,023rd in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Cliff Barker ranks 233 out of 1,757. Before her are Mike Krzyzewski, Sabit Hadžić, Carl Shy, Dwyane Wade, Detlef Schrempf, and Kenny Anderson. After her are Žarko Varajić, Jason Kidd, Earl Monroe, Juan Hernangómez, Viktor Zubkov, and Valdis Muižnieks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Cliff Barker ranks 409. Before her are Usmar Ismail, Big Walter Horton, Jacques Friedel, Bill Bright, Mohammad Mohammadullah, and Kurt Marti. After her are Mamie Till, John Pritchard, Farley Mowat, Sam Tingle, Donald Campbell, and Walter Mirisch. Among people deceased in 1998, Cliff Barker ranks 283. Before her are René Ferrier, Ricardo Tormo, Eleanor Garatti, Persis Khambatta, Naim Talu, and Ardalion Ignatyev. After her are Francesc Xavier Bultó, Bernhard Minetti, Claudia Testoni, Ran Laurie, Mae Questel, and Jack Rowley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cliff Barker ranks 10,257 out of 20,380. Before her are George Herriman (1880), Cynthia Watros (1968), Tom Shadyac (1958), Irene Rosenfeld (1953), Gene Anthony Ray (1962), and Merna Kennedy (1908). After her are Walker Percy (1916), Grant Heslov (1963), Danny Masterson (1976), Josiah McCracken (1874), P. P. Arnold (1946), and Steve Jablonsky (1970).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Cliff Barker ranks 133. Before her are Gail Goodrich (1943), Chris Finch (1969), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Carl Shy (1908), Dwyane Wade (1982), and Kenny Anderson (1970). After her are Jason Kidd (1973), Earl Monroe (1944), James Forbes (1952), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), Dennis Johnson (1954), and Dave DeBusschere (1940).

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