Lionel Price

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Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne with Wu Chengzhang and Lionel Price who competed in Basketball at the 1948 London Olympic Games, 6 August 2012.

Lionel Price (born 6 February 1927) is a British basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

He was part of the British basketball team, which finished twentieth in the Olympic tournament. He later was a furniture manufacturer and in 1980 invested in industrial property. He retired in 2006. On 7 March 2012 he launched the public sale for tickets for the first Basketball match between Great Britain and USA alongside current Great Britain captain Drew Sullivan, 1992 USA Dream Team Olympic Gold Medalist Clyde Drexler and Great Britain Women's player Lauren Thomas-Johnson.

External links

• Lionel Price's profile at the British Olympic Association
• Lionel Price's profile at Sports Reference.com