John Wooden

John Robert Wooden


Born:
October 14, 1910
Hall, IN

Died:
June 4, 2010
Los Angeles, CA

Career

1925-26 Martinsville High School - Indiana (High School)
1926-27 Martinsville High School - Indiana (High School)
1927-28 Martinsville High School - Indiana (High School)
1929-30 Purdue University (College)
1930-31 Purdue University (College)
1931-32 Purdue University (College)
1933-34 Indianapolis Kautskys (Independent)
1934-35 Indianapolis Kautskys (Independent)
1937-38 Whiting Ciesar All-Americans (NBL)
1938-39 Hammond Ciesar All-Americans (NBL)
1938-39 Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL)
1946-47 Indiana State (College) - Head coach
1947-48 Indiana State (College) - Head coach
1948-49 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1949-50 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1950-51 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1951-52 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1952-53 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1953-54 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1954-55 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1955-56 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1956-57 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1957-58 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1958-59 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1959-60 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1960-61 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1961-62 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1962-63 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1963-64 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1964-65 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1965-66 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1966-67 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1967-68 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1968-69 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1969-70 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1970-71 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1971-72 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1972-73 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1973-74 UCLA (College) - Head coach
1974-75 UCLA (College) - Head coach

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1960

We already know all about John Wooden, I will keep it brief. Graduated from Purdue, and then taught high school, coached high school basketball, and played professionally until World War 2. After WW2, returned to coach at Indiana State, and then on to UCLA where he became a legend with ten NCAA championships. He married Nellie Riley (1912-1985) in 1932 and the couple had a son, James, and a daughter, Nancy. He was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960.

His brother, Maurice "Cat" Wooden, was a teammate of John's for a few years with the Kautskys.

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/w/woodejo01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=woodejo01