Mike Barrett (basketball)

Mike Barrett was an American basketball player who won an Olympic gold medal with the United States team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Born Michael Thomas Barrett on 5 September 1943 in Montgomery, West Virginia, he died on 8 August 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. He played college basketball at West Virginia Tech, then played AAU ball while serving in the Navy, leading the All-Navy team to the 1968 AAU title, and played for the United States at the 1967 World Championships. After the Olympics he spent three years in the American Basketball Association with Washington, Virginia and San Diego, and later became a businessman and masters tennis competitor in the Nashville area.