He was Most Valuable Player and leading scorer for the 1959 NCAA champion California Golden Bears.
Fitzpatrick was a 6'0" multi-sport star for Newport Harbor High School in Orange County, California.
[2] Following the close of his college career, Fitzpatrick continued to play basketball in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and briefly turned to coaching, first at St. John Vianney High School, then at Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA with John Madden as the football coach.
He also was an avid volleyball player and was a member of the 1961 AAU national champion Hollywood YMCA squad.
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