Slim Wintermute

Urgel "Slim" Wintermute (born July 9, 1917 – presumed dead October 1977) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.

Slim Wintermute
Wintermute from the 1939 Oregana
Personal information
Born(1917-07-19)July 19, 1917
Portland, Oregon
Diedpresumed dead in October, 1977 (aged 60)
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Career information
High schoolLongview (Longview, Washington)
CollegeOregon (1936–1939)
PositionCenter
Career history
1939–1940Detroit Eagles
Career highlights and awards

Collegiate career

Born in Portland, Oregon, Wintermute attended high school in Longview, Washington.[1] A mobile 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) center, Wintermute was a key member of the 1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, winners of the first NCAA Tournament championship. Wintermute was voted first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference and named an All-American in 1939.[2] He was elected to the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and is one of six Ducks whose numbers have been retired.[3]

Professional career

Wintermute played professionally for the Detroit Eagles of the National Basketball League.[2] He also served as player/coach for the Portland Indians of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League.[2][4]

After basketball

Following his basketball career, Wintermute worked for Boeing.[1] He was elected to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[3] On October 21, 1977, Wintermute set out in his yacht from Portage Bay in Seattle's Lake Union and did not return.[5] His boat was found a few days later, with one of Wintermute's friends asleep on the boat who claimed that Slim was still alive when he went to sleep. Wintermute was never found.

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See also
  • List of people who disappeared at sea

References
  1. "Tallest of Tall Firs believed dead". Eugene Register-Guard. 1977-10-24. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  2. "Slim Wintermute". OregonStars.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. "Urgel "Slim" Wintermute". GoDucks.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  4. Kenyon, J. Michael. "Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League 1946–47 to 1947–48". Association for Professional Basketball Research. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  5. Ian Thomsen (April 3, 1988). "As 1st Champ, 'Tall Firs' Started Something Big". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
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