Mickey Coll

Mickey Coll (12 February 1951, in San Juan, Puerto Rico – 23 December 1972, on a motorcycle accident in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican basketball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mickey-coll-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100920/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mickey-coll-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=7 June 2012}}

Doping controversy

Coll tested positive for amphetamine at the 1972 Olympics and was suspended for the rest of the Games.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19720902&id=D90qAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CnwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4344,742945&hl=en Olympics ban settles doping row], New Straits Times, 2 September 1972{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Charles S. |date= 1990 |title=Commission of Inquiry into the Use of Drugs and Banned Practices Intended to Increase Athletic Performance (part 2, page 214-430)|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/bcp-pco/CP32-56-1990-2-eng.pdf |location= Ottawa|publisher= Government of Canada Publications |isbn= 0-660-13610-4 }}

References

Category:1951 births

Category:1972 deaths

Category:Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico

Category:Doping cases in basketball

Category:Puerto Rican sportspeople in doping cases

Category:Puerto Rican men's basketball players

Category:Olympic basketball players for Puerto Rico

Category:Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Category:Basketball players at the 1971 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in basketball

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico

Category:Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games

Category:20th-century American sportsmen