![Avery County Native Tommy Burleson's 1972 United States Olympic Men's Basketball Team Nominated for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame - High Country Press Avery County Native Tommy Burleson's 1972 United States Olympic Men's Basketball Team Nominated for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame - High Country Press](https://www.hcpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1972_MOly-Team-scaled.jpg)
Avery County Native Tommy Burleson's 1972 United States Olympic Men's Basketball Team Nominated for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame - High Country Press
It's Time for the 1972 U.S. Men's Basketball Team to Stop Being Babies and Collect History's Most Famous Olympic Medals
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U.S. Olympic basketball robbed of gold medals at Munich Olympics - Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com
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Alexander: The USA vs. USSR Olympic basketball gold-medal fiasco 50 years later – Orange County Register
![LA84 Foundation on Twitter: "On this day 46 years ago, the USA Men's basketball team's 63-game Olympic winning streak ended after a controversial 51-50 loss to the USSR at the 1972 Games. LA84 Foundation on Twitter: "On this day 46 years ago, the USA Men's basketball team's 63-game Olympic winning streak ended after a controversial 51-50 loss to the USSR at the 1972 Games.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dmxz0IgXoAIZ7PU.jpg)
LA84 Foundation on Twitter: "On this day 46 years ago, the USA Men's basketball team's 63-game Olympic winning streak ended after a controversial 51-50 loss to the USSR at the 1972 Games.
![Alexander: The USA vs. USSR Olympic basketball gold-medal fiasco 50 years later – Orange County Register Alexander: The USA vs. USSR Olympic basketball gold-medal fiasco 50 years later – Orange County Register](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AP22252065069982.jpg?w=1024)