Wooden: A Coach's Life (97 page)

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Authors: Seth Davis

Tags: #Biography, #Non-Fiction

Gower, Larry

Graham, Gordon

Gray, Leonard

Gray, Thomas

Green, Johnny

Green, Sihugo

Greenberg, Alan

Greenwood, David

Grevey, Kevin

Grey, Zane

Guerrero, Dan

Gulick, Luther

Halas, George

Halbrook, Swede

Haldeman, H. R.

Hall, Dan

Hall, Joe B.

Hall, John

Hamilton, Roy

Hamlet
(Shakespeare)

Hamline University

Harlem Globetrotters

Harlem Renaissance “Rens”

Harmeson, Glen

Harmon, Tom

Harrick, Jim

as UCLA coach

Harshman, Marv

Harter, Dick

Havlicek, John

Hayes, Elvin

Hazzard, Walt

as UCLA coach 1984–88

HBO documentary

Healy, Jim

Heathcote, Jud

Hefner, Jim

Heitz, Kenny

Helms Athletic Foundation

Henderson, Tom

Henshel, Harry

Henson, Lou

Herrerias, Rene

Hesburgh, Theodore

Hessler, Fred

Hewitt, Bill

Hibler, Mike

Hickey, Nat

Hickman, Peck

Hickman, Pete

Hicks, Bill

Hill, Andy

Hill, Jess

Hinds, Mabel

Hinkle, Tony

Hirsch, Jack

Hobbs, Bob

Hobbs, Douglas

Hoffman, Vaughn

Hofheinz, Roy

Hogue, Paul

Hollyfield, Larry

Holy Cross, College of the

Hope, Bob

Hopkins, Farrell

Hornung, Paul

Houbregs, Bob

Houston, University of

Houston Astrodome

Houston Holiday Classic (1962)

Houston Rockets

Howard, Terry

Howell, Parson

Howland, Ben

Hruby, Dan

Hulman, Tony

Hunt, Bill

Hunt, Lee

Iba, Henry

Idaho State University

Illinois, University of

Imhoff, Darrall

Indiana

early development of basketball in

first statewide basketball tournament of 1911

segregation and

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Indianapolis News

Indianapolis Star

Indiana state basketball tournament

1911

1926

1927

Indiana State Teachers College (ISTC)

1946–47 season

1947–48 season

NAIB of 1948 and racial barrier

Walker, as black player, not brought on New York trip, 1947

Wooden hired as coach at

Wooden leaves, for UCLA

Indiana University

Internal Revenue Service

Iowa, University of

Iowa State University

Irish, Ned

Islam

Jackson, Ed

Jackson, Phil

Jacksonville University

Jacobs, Stan

Jamison, Steve

Jares, Joe

Jenkins, Clarence

Joeckel, Ralph

Johns, Wilbur

Johnson, Hollis

Johnson, John I.

Johnson, Marques

Sport
player of the year award

Johnson, Michael

Johnson, Rafer

Sports Illustrated
Sportsman of the Year award

as UCLA student body president

Johnston, Bill

John Wooden Pyramid of Success, The
(Johnson)

Jones, Dwight

Jones, J. C.

Jones, LeRoi

Jones, Ralph

Jones, Warnell

Jucker, Ed

Kansas, University of

Kansas City Star

Kansas State University

Kautsky, Don

Kautsky, Frank

Kautsky Athletic Club “Kautskys”

Keith, Larry

Kellar, Harry

Kelley, Bob

Kelley, Vic

Kenon, Larry “Dr. K”

Kent State University

Kentucky, University of

point-shaving scandal

Keogan, Goerge

Kilmer, Bill

King, Billie Jean

King, Bob

King, George

Kirksville Teachers College

Kitchen Fresh Chippers

Kizer, Noble

Klueh, Duane

Knight, Bob

Kolb, John

Kondos Field, Valorie

Korean War

Kosloff, Irving

Koufax, Sandy

Kraft, Jack

Krikorian, Doug

KTLA-TV

Kuchen, Dick

Ku Klux Klan

Kurland, Bob

Lacey, Edgar

Lacey, Edgar, Sr.

Lambert, Ward “Piggy”

Basketball Hall of Fame and

coaching style of

influence of, on Wooden

philosophy of

players’ feet and

Pyramid of Success and

record of, at Purdue

Wooden plays basketball at Purdue under

Wooden’s financial hardships and

writes
Practical Basketball

Lapchick, Joe

Larson, Bruce

La Salle, University

Lavin, Steve

Lawson, Ron

Leahy, Frank

Leatherstocking
tales (Cooper)

Lee, Bruce

Lee, Greg

Lee, James

Leiser, Bill

Lemons, Abe

Levinson, Al

Lewis, Guy

Libby, Bill

Life
magazine

Lightner, Al

Lilly, Pete

Lincoln, Abraham

Lippert, Chris

Littwin, Mike

Livingston, Ron

Lombardi, Vince

Long Beach Press-Telegram

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Long Island Newsday

Long Island University

Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC)

Los Angeles Basketball Classic

1961

1962

1963

1964

1966

1967

Los Angeles Blades

Los Angeles City Council

Los Angeles Coliseum Commission

Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Examiner

Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Mirror

Los Angeles Pierce College

Los Angeles Sports Arena

Los Angeles Stars

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Valley College

Loughery, Kevin

Louisiana State University

Louisville, University of

Loyola Marymount University (California)

Loyola University (Chicago)

Lucas, Jerry

Lucas, John

Ludlow, Cassius

Lufkin, Dan

Luke, Sherrill

Lyle, Clyde

Lynn, Mike

Macbeth
(Shakespeare)

MacLean, Don

Mafia

Major League Baseball, integration of

Malcolm X

Manhattan College

Marcucci, Bob

marijuana

Marion High School

Marquette University

Martin, Ray

Martinsville, Indiana

high school gymnasium of 1924

Martinsville Daily Reporter

Martinsville Democrat

Martinsville First Bank and Trust

Martinsville High School

gymnasium dedication game of 1924

state championships of 1926

state championships of 1927

state championships of 1928

Wooden’s Dayton High team plays

Maryland, University of

McCarter, Andre

McClintock, Bill

McCormick, Frank

McCracken, Branch

McDonald, Don

McGuire, Dick

McIntosh, Doug

McIntyre, Rod

McKay, Nicolas

McMillan, Dave

McMillen, Tom

Meanwell, Walter

Medalist Industries

Medley, Tony

Memphis Grizzlies

Memphis State University

Menefee, Bill

Meyer, Ray

Meyers, Dave “Spider”

Michaels, Al

Michigan, University of

Michigan State University

Midwest Basketball Conference

Mikan, George

Miller, Denny

Miller, Kent

Miller, Martha

Miller, Norman

Miller, Ralph

Mills Brothers

Milwaukee Bucks

Milwaukee Classic

Minnesota, University of

Missouri Valley Conference

Mitchell, Darryl

Monday Night Football

Monmouth University

Montana, University of

Montana State University

Moore, Johnny

Moore, Leonard J.

Morgan, Cynthia

Morgan, J. D.

death of

Gilbert and

NCAA and

relationship with Wooden and

retirement of

TV industry and

Morgan, Joe

Mount, Rick

“Mr. Meant To” (poem)

Muhammad, Elijah

Mulligan, Bill

Mullins, Jeff

Muncie Central High School

Muncie Press

Muncie Star

Murphy, Bob

Murphy, Charles “Stretch”

Murray, Jim

My Personal Best
(Wooden)

Na, Lucy

Na, Paul

Naismith, James

Naismith Award

Nance, Ted

Nash, Gordon

Nater, Swen

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Association of Basketball Coaches convention

National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB,
later
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)

ban on black players

tournament of 1947

tournament of 1948

National Basketball Association (NBA)

All-Star game, first black man in

draft

Gilbert and contracts for

National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada

National Basketball League (NBL)

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

center jump eliminated by

center line added by

Committee on Infractions

freshman eligibility for varsity and

Gilbert and

“home rule”

limit on scholarships

locker room rule

Long Beach investigation and

recruitment of Walton and

rules committee

“Sanity Code”

TV contracts and

UCLA investigation of 1981–82

UCLA investigation of 1987

NCAA tennis championships

NCAA tournaments

1947

1948

1949

1950

1952

1953

1955

1956

1957

1959

1960

1961

1962

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1980

1981

1983

1984

1995

expanded

Final Four

popularity of

radio rights

records and titles

TV rights

time-outs and

Wooden studies why teams come up short

NCAA West Regional

1952

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1972

1973

1975

1977

1978

1979

National Football League (NFL)

National Invitation Tournaments

championships of 1949

Naulls, Willie “the Whale”

NBC TV network

Nelson, Byron

Nesbit, Bob

Nevada, University of, Las Vegas (UNLV)

Newell, Pete

retirement of

rivalry vs. Wooden

Newell, Tom

New Jersey Nets (
formerly
New York Nets)

Newlin, Ron

New Mexico State University

New Orleans Saints

Newport High School (Kentucky)

New York Celtics

New Yorker

New York Knicks

New York Nets (
later
New Jersey Nets)

New York
Sunday News

New York Times

New York University (NYU)

New York World-Telegram and Sun

Nichols, Hank

Nicholson, Caryn (granddaughter)

Nicholson, Cori (great-granddaughter)

Nicklaus, Jack

Nielsen, Jim

Nikolic, Aleksandar

Nixon, Richard

Nolte, Nick

Norgren, Nels

Norman, Jerry

Alcindor and

Bruin Blitzes and

Gilbert and

NCAA victory of 1964 and

Nell and

plays for UCLA

recruitment and

relationship with players

relationship with Wooden

retires from coaching

sideline behavior of

as UCLA freshman basketball coach

as UCLA varsity assistant

zone press and

Norman, June

North Carolina, University of

North Carolina State University

Northern Indiana High School Conference

Northwestern University

Notre Dame, University of

Oakland Tribune

Obama, Barack

Ohio State University

Oklahoma, University of

Oklahoma City University

Oklahoma State University

Olympics

1936, Berlin

1948, London

1956, Melbourne

1964, Tokyo

1968, Mexico City

1972, Munich

Oregon, University of

Oregon Journal

Oregon State University

Original Celtics

Orme, Ed

Osborne, Bobby

Out at Our Place
(cartoon)

Owens, Jesse

Owens, Ted

Pacific-8 Conference

Pacific-10 Conference

Pacific, University of the

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

Pacific Coast Conference (PCC)

1949

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