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John R. Wooden

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  • UCLA head coach (1948-75)
  • Won 10 NCAA titles
  • Nicknamed "The Wizard of Westwood"
  • Indiana State head coach (1946-48)
  • Inducted to College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006
  • Inducted to Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961
  • Served in U.S. Navy (1942-46)
  • Wife, Nellie, passed away in 1985 from cancer
  • Named greatest coach in American Sports history by Sporting News in July 2009

  • Member of 1932 NCAA Championship team
  • 3-time All-American (1930, 1931, 1932)
  • Averaged 12.1 PPG as senior (led Big Ten in scoring)
  • Named 1932 Helms Foundation Player of the Year
  • Nicknamed "Indiana Rubber Man" for diving after loose balls
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  • School: Purdue
  • Sport: Basketball
  • Position: G
  • Years Lettered: 1930, 1931, 1932
  • Hometown (H.S.): Hall, IN (Martinsville H.S.)
  • Birth: 10.14.1910
  • Death: 06.04.2010

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