Cliff Wells

W.R. Clifford "Cliff" Wells


Born:
March 17, 1896
Indianapolis, IN

Died:
August 15, 1977
Garland, TX


Career
1917-18 Bloomington High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1918-19 Bloomington High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1919-20 Bloomington High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1920-21 Bloomington High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1921-22 Columbus High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1922-23 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1923-24 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1924-25 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1925-26 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1926-27 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1927-28 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1928-29 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1929-30 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1930-31 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1931-32 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1932-33 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1933-34 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1934-35 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1935-36 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1936-37 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1937-38 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1938-39 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1939-40 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1940-41 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1941-42 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1942-43 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1943-44 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1944-45 Logansport High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach 
1945-46 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1946-47 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1947-48 Tulane University (College) Head coach 
1948-49 New Orleans Sports (SPBL) Head coach / player
1948-49 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1949-50 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1950-51 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1951-52 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1952-53 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1953-54 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1954-55 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1955-56 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1956-57 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1957-58 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1958-59 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1959-60 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1960-61 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1961-62 Tulane University (College) Head coach
1962-63 Tulane University (College) Head coach

NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1972


Cliff Wells was a legendary coach from Indiana. He coached high school basketball many years in Indiana (winning two state titles.) He would coach at Tulane for 18 years before retiring. In his retirement from coaching, he worked at the Basketball Hall of Fame as a director. He would be inducted into the Hall of Fame himself in 1972.
Wells, while coaching the New Orleans Sports of the Southern League, appeared in one game on January 12, 1949, at the age of 52. Wells is the only player in the Southern Basketball League to be in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Wells died of a heart attack in 1977.

Source:
http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/cliff-wells/

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