===== Frank McCabe #47 ===== {{ men_s_basketball:frank_mccabe.jpg|}} * **Height:** 6'10"\\ * **Weight:** 204 lbs.\\ * **Born:** June 30, 1927 in Grand Rapids, MI\\ * **High School:** \\ * **Hometown:** Chicago, IL\\ ===== High School Career ===== ===== Marquette Career ===== Led Marquette in scoring during the 1948-49 season (12.7 ppg) and also served as team captain that year. ===== Professional Career ===== In 1950, McCabe began to play for the Caterpillar basketball team in Peoria. He would play for a total of threes years as one of the dominant players of the Caterpillar AAU team. ===== Accolades ===== * Was a member of the 1952 United States Olympic Basketball Team that defeated the Russian team to win the gold medal in Helsinki, Finland. He played in 7 of the 8 matches. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_R._McCabe|Wikipedia Entry]] * Played with Bob Kurland (Basketball HOF, '61) and Clyde Lovellette (Basketball HOF, '88) on the Olympic team. * Elected to the Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. It was the Hall of Fame's second class of inductees. * Was a member of the Triangle Fraternity.