John Wooden.

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John Wooden.
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INTRODUCTION

John Wooden, born in 1910, American basketball player and coach, winner of more National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships than any coach in
history. Wooden was the first person elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1961) and a coach (1973).

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EARLY YEARS

John Robert Wooden was born in Hall, Indiana, and raised on his parents' farm near Martinsville. He began playing basketball as a young boy, shooting into a tomato
basket nailed to a barn wall. In high school Wooden became an All-State guard, pacing his team to three straight Indiana championship games and winning the state
title in 1927. He then starred at Purdue University under future Hall of Fame coach Ward "Piggy" Lambert. Nicknamed "the Indiana Rubber Man" for his relentless play,
Wooden earned the 1932 college player of the year award while leading the Boilermakers to the national championship.
During the remainder of the 1930s Wooden played for a variety of semiprofessional teams, such as the Whiting Ciesar All-Americans of the National Basketball League
(NBL). At the same time he began coaching high school basketball in Kentucky and Indiana, compiling a 218-42 record in 11 seasons.
During the second half of World War II Wooden served in the United States Navy. After leaving the military in 1946 he accepted a coaching job at Indiana State
Teacher's College (now Indiana State University), where in two seasons he led the team to a 47-14 mark.

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UCLA CAREER

Wooden was named head basketball coach at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) before the 1948-49 season. At that time the UCLA program had a small
gymnasium and little history of success. Wooden quickly became known for his rigorous practices, strict rules, and demanding expectations. During his first 15 years at
the school, the coach built the Bruins into a well-run, winning program.
From 1963 through 1975 UCLA went on a streak that will likely never be equaled in college basketball. During those 12 seasons Wooden guided the Bruins to a slew of
record achievements: ten NCAA championships (1964, 1965, 1967-1973, 1975), including seven straight titles from 1967 to 1973; 38 consecutive NCAA tournament
victories (1967-1974); 88 straight wins (1971-1974), and four undefeated seasons (1964, 1967, 1972, 1973). From 1966 through 1975 the Bruins lost just 12 games.
After winning his tenth national title in 1975, Wooden retired. His college coaching record of 667-161 ranks among the best in the sport's history. Top players coached
by Wooden included Lew Alcindor (now known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), Bill Walton, Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, Henry Bibby, and Sidney Wicks.

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LATER YEARS

In 1977 the John R. Wooden Award was created to honor the men's collegiate player of the year (a women's award was added in 2004). Wooden published his
autobiography, They Call Me Coach, in 1972; his other books include Wooden (1997), Coach Wooden One-on-One (2003), the children's book Inches and Miles: The
Journey to Success (2003), and My Personal Best (2004).
In 2000 Wooden received the Naismith Award as the men's college coach of the 20th century. He was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003.

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