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In American basketball, the Triple Crown is the achievement of an individual player winning an NCAA championship, NBA championship, and Olympic gold medal during their career. Eight players have accomplished this feat:
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Clyde Lovellette was the first Triple Crown winner, completing the trifecta over a two-year span with a college championship and Olympic gold medal in 1952 followed by an NBA title in 1954. K.C. Jones and Bill Russell were teammates on championship teams in college (San Francisco Dons), the NBA (Boston Celtics) and the Olympics (United States); Lovellette joined them on the 1963–64 Celtics title-winning squad. Quinn Buckner, Jerry Lucas, and Magic Johnson also won a high school basketball state championship.
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Olympians Who Won Olympic, Women's NCAA and WNBA Basketball Titles (16) at Olympedia