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A Short Biography of John Robert Wooden

Author Name:

John Robert Wooden

Born As:

John Robert Wooden

Other Names:

Wizard of Westwood.

Born:

14 Oct 1910

Died:





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Player and coach of Basketball                          
Selected Works:

A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court - 1997                          
Mother Roxie Anna
Father Joshua Hugh Wooden, four boys, two daughters died in infancy.
Spouse Nellie Riley, two children.                          
First player ever to be named a three-time consensus All-American.

Won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period, seven in a row as head coach at UCLA. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games.

National coach of the year six times.

Named basketball All-American three times and won a national championship at Purdue.

Basketball Hall of Fame as a player - 1961
 Basketball Hall of Fame  as a coach - 1973                          
CoachWooden.com