John Robert Wood ( born John Robert Wooden ; October 14, 1910 , Hall , Indiana - June 4, 2010 , Los Angeles ) is an American basketball player and basketball coach. Woodan is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player (included in 1960) and as a coach (included in 1973). He became the first member of the Hall of Fame, which was included in it at once in two categories, this achievement was later repeated by Lenny Wilkens , Bill Sherman and Tom Hainson . Woodan led the University of California Los Angeles men's basketball team ten times to win the national student championship [3] , a record for college basketball [4] .
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| Place of Birth | Hall , Indiana , USA |
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| Occupation | basketball coach |
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Biography
Born in 1910 in Hall , Indiana , in 1918, his family moved to a small farm in Canterton in 1918 . As a child, Woodan was a fan of the local school basketball star, Fuzzy Wandaver . At the age of 14, John's family moved to Martinsville , where Wood became the star of the school basketball team - three times he helped the team reach the final of the state championship (he managed to win only once, in 1927), and he was included in the symbolic team of the best players of the state three times .
After leaving school in 1928, Woodden entered Purdue University , where he was coached by Ward Piggy Lambert . In 1932, the university team won the national student championship, and Vuden himself was recognized as the best player in the championship, and he also joined the symbolic team of the best championship players for three seasons in a row, which no basketball player had previously succeeded in. Woodden was nicknamed "Indiana Rubber Man" for his dangerous jumps with falling to the floor.
After graduating, in August 1932, John Wooden married Nell Riley, and in September became a basketball coach and English teacher at Dayton Kentucky High School. Wooden's coaching career began with failure - in the first season, under his leadership, the school team won only 6 games with 11 defeats. This season is the only one with a negative difference in victories and defeats in Woodan's career. In 1934, Woodden returned to Indiana and began working at South Bend High School as an English teacher and baseball and basketball coach, and he also worked as an editor at a local publishing house. After a few years, Woodan played professionally for the Indianapolis Kautskis team from the National Basketball League . In 1938, he was included in the symbolic team of the best NBL players.
In 1942, Woodden volunteered for the Navy and served during World War II , receiving the rank of lieutenant . Vuden missed his first outing because of appendicitis , and the officer who replaced him died as a result of a kamikaze attack .
After the war, Wood became a basketball and baseball coach at Indiana Teachers College (modern Indiana University ). In 1946, the basketball team under his leadership won first place in the Indiana State Conference and received an invitation to the national tournament in Kansas City , but Wood refused to participate, because the tournament rules prohibited the participation of African-Americans , and Clarence Walker, a black man, played in the Wood team basketball player from chicago. The following season, the university team repeated its achievement and again received an invitation to the national championship, the functionaries of which lifted the restriction on participation for African Americans.
In 1948, Woodan became the coach of the University of California basketball team in Los Angeles . He held this position until 1975, making the most successful career in the history of American college basketball. The team led by Woodan 10 times became the national champion, and from 1967 to 1973 a series of seven championship titles was awarded in a row, the team also spent four seasons without a single defeat [3] . Many of the players who completed the Woodan school then made a successful career in the NBA, among them the members of the Karim Abdul-Jabbar , Bill Walton and Gale Goodrich Hall of Fame.
In 1975, John Wood retired, wrote several books about his life and basketball. In 2003, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom [5] . He died on June 4, 2010 at the age of 99.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5253601
- ↑ 1 2 John Wooden, former UCLA coach, dies (5 June 2010). Date of treatment November 23, 2010.
- ↑ Ukleja Center Presents Award to Legendary Coach John Wooden . California State University (June 15, 2009). Date of treatment December 18, 2014.
- ↑ US Congress. Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 14, July 17, 2003 to July 25, 2003. - Government Printing Office, 2007.- S. 19569. - 1472 p.