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    John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National...
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    The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's...
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    Established in 1919, the program has won a record 11 NCAA titles. Coach John Wooden led the Bruins to 10 national titles in 12 seasons, from 1964 to 1975...
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    selections, which included the 1932 National Player of the Year John Wooden. Wooden was the first college player to be named a Consensus All-American...
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    professional basketball player. He played college basketball for coach John Wooden and the UCLA Bruins, winning three consecutive national college player...
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    revered championships were won by the Men's Basketball team under coaches John Wooden and Jim Harrick. The rich legacy of UCLA basketball has produced 11 NCAA...
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  • The John R. Wooden Classic was an annual college basketball event hosted by the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Named after coach John Wooden, the...
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    regular season titles. Among men's college basketball coaches, only UCLA's John Wooden has won more NCAA championships (10). Krzyzewski is widely regarded as...
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    personnel. The floor is called "Nell and John Wooden Court" in honor of former UCLA Men's Basketball Coach John Wooden and his wife Nell. From the opening...
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    during the 1961–62 season. Former Head Coaches include the legendary John Wooden, Purdue All-American Dave Schellhase, Indiana coaching legend Glenn M...
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    In the United States, a wooden nickel is a wooden token coin, usually issued by a merchant or bank as a promotion, sometimes redeemable for a specific...
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    consensus first-team All-American and won two NCAA championships under coach John Wooden. He was selected in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by Golden State...
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  • A wooden spoon is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and...
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    school. John Wooden won 10 national championships between 1964 and 1975, and Jim Harrick won the other in 1995. The New York Times wrote that Wooden "made...
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  • The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British Second World War war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based...
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    the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) under legendary coach John Wooden, where he joined Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He later transferred to the University...
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  • but mistakenly attributes the quote to basketball coach John Wooden. "Elder Stories: Dr. John Woodenlegs, Northern Cheyenne Visionary". SoaringEagle.org...
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  • Wooden Legacy is an annual early-season men's college basketball competition that began in 2013. It is named in honor of basketball coach John Wooden...
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  • Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006. "Coach John Wooden". CoachWooden.com. John Wooden. Retrieved April 10, 2019. "Past Coach Wooden "Keys to Life" Award Winners"....
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  • award and Academic All-America of the Year award. Charles, who won the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith College Player of the Year awards, was chosen first...
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  • unveiled on March 9, 2012, depicts Indiana-born college basketball coach John Wooden in a crouching position in the act of coaching. He is surrounded by five...
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    having been inducted in 1976 as a player, and in 2004 as a coach. Only John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens, Tommy Heinsohn and Bill Russell share this double honor...
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  • winner was selected in 1965. John Wooden is the only person to receive the award four times. Bill Self has three awards, and John Calipari, Denny Crum, Rick...
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  • game in each region and a national third-place game. UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 79–64 victory in the final game over Dayton...
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    Wooden Shjips (pronounced "ships") is an American experimental and psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California. The project has released one EP...
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  • Wooden may also refer to: Charles Wooden (1827–1875), German recipient of the Victoria Cross Colby Wooden (born 2000), American football player John Wooden...
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    Conference in 2013. With the win in 2016, Auriemma passed UCLA men's coach John Wooden for most college basketball championships, and the Huskies became the...
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    A wooden roller coaster is a type of roller coaster classified by its wooden track, which consists of running rails made of flat steel strips mounted on...
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  • class of the Hall of Fame. Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell, Dean Smith, John Wooden, and the family of James Naismith, were selected to represent the inaugural...
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    college ball for the UCLA Bruins under head coach John Wooden. He was later an assistant under Wooden, and the Bruins won a national championship in each...
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