16 Facts About Jerry Shipp

Jerome Franklin Shipp was an American basketball player.

Jerry Shipp played for the US national team at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, 1963 Pan American Games and 1964 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal at the latter two competitions.

Jerry Shipp was a three-time Amateur Athletic Union All-American for the Phillips 66ers in Bartlesville, Oklahoma during the 1960s.

Jerry Shipp was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on September 27,1935.

Jerry Shipp enrolled at Southeastern State College in the fall of 1955.

Jerry Shipp led the conference in scoring twice, was a three-time all-conference performer, and set two different conference records: points in a game and most free throws made without a miss.

In 1978 he was inducted into the school's hall of fame, and in 2007, Jerry Shipp was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

Jerry Shipp was taken in the 9th round as the 64th overall pick.

Jerry Shipp played in three consecutive national championships with them between 1962 and 1964, winning the title the first two times.

Jerry Shipp finished his career as the highest scoring non-center in Phillips 66ers history.

Jerry Shipp averaged 15.0 points per game, the highest on the team, while making 42 field goals and six free throws.

Jerry Shipp led the team in scoring at 15.7 points per game in nine games played.

At the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, Jerry Shipp played alongside future Hall of Famers Bill Bradley and Larry Brown, as well as veritable basketball stars Walt Hazzard, Jeff Mullins and Joe Caldwell.

Toward the end of 1964, fresh off two AAU national championships, three AAU All-American honors, and two gold medals with Team USA, Shipp was nominated as a finalist for the James E Sullivan Award.

Jerry Shipp spent the rest of his life in business, much of it with ConocoPhillips.

Jerry Shipp was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Halls of Fame.