R. C. Pitts

{{Short description|American basketball player (1919–2011)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = R. C. Pitts

| image = RC Pitts.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Pitts with the Phillips 66ers.

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4.5

| weight_lb = 201

| number =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|6|23}}

| birth_place = Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|29|1919|6|23}}

| death_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| high_school = University (Oxford, Mississippi)

| college = Arkansas (1939–1942)

| career_start =

| career_end =

| years1 =

| team1 =

| highlights =

• AAU All-American (1948)
• First-team All-SWC (1942)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1948 London | Team competition}}

}}

Robert C. Pitts (June 23, 1919 – October 29, 2011) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Pitts played collegiately for the University of Arkansas, making All-Southwest Conference in 1942.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hogwired.com/pdf3/92427.pdf?ATCLID=210043&SPSID=33239&SPID=2431&DB_OEM_ID=6100|title = Hogwired - All about sports}} He later played for the Amateur Athletic Union juggernaut Phillips Petroleum Phillips 66ers, where he made AAU All-America in 1948.[http://www.apbr.org/aau.html Amateur Athletic Union Basketball]

Pitts was part of the American men's basketball team in the 1948 Summer Olympics, which won the gold medal.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/r-c-pitts-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090545/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pi/r-c-pitts-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=R. C. Pitts Olympic Results |accessdate=June 14, 2018}}