Editing Calvin Fowler

{{Short description|American basketball player (1940–2013)}}
{{for|the Virginia politician|Calvin W. Fowler}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Calvin Fowler
| number = 24
| position = [[Point guard]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 175
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|11}}
| birth_place = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|3|5|1940|2|11}}
| death_place = [[Burlington, New Jersey]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Oliver High School|Oliver]] (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
| college = [[Saint Francis Red Flash men's basketball|Saint Francis (PA)]] (1959–1962)
| draft_year = 1962
| career_start =
| career_end =
| years1 = 1960–1970
| years2 = 1969–1970
| team1 = [[Akron Wingfoots]]
| team2 = [[Carolina Cougars]]
| highlights =
* 2× [[AAU Men's Basketball All-Americans|AAU All-American]] (1967, 1968)
| bbr           = fowleca01
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]] }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1967 Pan American Games|1967 Winnipeg]] |[[Basketball at the 1967 Pan American Games|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|United States]]}}
}}
'''Calvin B. Fowler''' (February 11, 1940 &ndash; March 5, 2013) was the captain of the United States gold medal [[basketball]] team at the 1967 [[Pan American Games]]. He also was co-captain of the U.S. gold medal team at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]. Born near [[Pittsburgh]], he graduated from [[Oliver High School|David B. Oliver High School]] in Pittsburgh in June 1957 and [[Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania)|Saint Francis University]] in [[Loretto, Pennsylvania]], in 1962.<ref>2005 Saint Francis University Alumni Directory page 313 Class of 1962</ref>  Calvin Fowler at David B. Oliver High School scored 61 points in a 101–35 win over Allegheny Vocational.  Oliver only led 27–20 at the half on Fowler's 22 points, but Fowler poured in 39 in the final two quarters (January 1958).<ref>(Pittsburgh Post Gazette, "Looking Back.") (Credit: Paul Luchter)</ref>

In the early 1960s, Fowler was a member of the [[Akron Wingfoots]]. Fowler was an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) All-America in 1967 and again in 1968 for Akron Goodyear Wingfoots.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/aau.html|title = Amateur Athletic Union Basketball}}</ref> He would later play in the [[American Basketball Association]] for the [[Carolina Cougars]] in the 1969–70 season. He played 18 times for the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]].

He is buried in the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery in [[Hurlock, Maryland]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030422170619/http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mpag_1967.html usabasketball.com]
*[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delmarvanow/obituary.aspx?n=Calvin-Fowler&pid=163509204#fbLoggedOut Calvin Fowler's obituary]

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