| Slim Wintermute | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon |
| Nationality: | American |
| Death Date: | presumed dead in October, 1977 (aged 60) |
| High School: | Longview (Longview, Washington) |
| College: | Oregon (1936–1939) |
| Career Position: | Center |
| Years1: | 1939–1940 |
| Team1: | Detroit Eagles |
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Urgel "Slim" Wintermute (born July 9, 1917 – presumed dead October 1977) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Wintermute attended high school in Longview, Washington.[1] A mobile 6feet center, Wintermute was a key member of the 1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, winners of the first NCAA Tournament championship. Wintermute was voted first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference and named an All-American in 1939. He was elected to the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and is one of six Ducks whose numbers have been retired.[2]
Wintermute played professionally for the Detroit Eagles of the National Basketball League.[3] He also served as player/coach for the Portland Indians of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League.[3] [4]
Following his basketball career, Wintermute worked for Boeing.[1] He was elected to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[2] On October 21, 1977, Wintermute set out in his yacht from Portage Bay in Seattle's Lake Union and did not return.[5] His boat was found a few days later, with one of Wintermute's friends asleep on the boat who claimed that Slim was still alive when he went to sleep. Wintermute was never found.