16 Facts About Carl Cain

Carl Cecil Cain was an American basketball player.

Carl Cain was a member of the United States national team that won the Olympic gold medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Carl Cain's number was retired by the University of Iowa basketball program.

Carl Cain is an inductee to the Des Moines Register State of Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.

Carl Cain was born in Freeport, Illinois, on August 2,1934, to parents Sammie Carl Cain Jr.

Carl Cain played with future Iowa Hawkeyes player McKinley Davis during his junior year in high school to win the Illinois state high school title in 1951.

O'Connor liked the prospect of Carl Cain joining the Iowa team.

Carl Cain was part of the 1956 US Olympic team and was on the same team as Bill Russell, who previously played for San Francisco during the earlier 1956 game.

However, Carl Cain did not play much during the gold-winning game.

Carl Cain was an inductee to the Des Moines Register's Iowa Hall of Fame.

Carl Cain's back tightened while he was tying his shoes before a 1956 Olympics game, causing him to be sent to the hospital for most of the game.

Carl Cain returned to score one point with a free throw.

Carl Cain said that the game "was one of the highlights" of his athletic career.

Carl Cain married his high school sweetheart, Katherine McNair, in 1957.

Carl Cain worked on Douglas Aircraft's assembly line, as a probation counselor, and later as a probation officer.

Carl Cain worked for Chicago for Equitable Life Assurance Society, the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank, and Iowa Power and Light Co.