John Wooden

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John Wooden was a legendary American college basketball coach, best known for leading UCLA to a record 10 NCAA championships and being widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in sports history.

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Label	Occurrences
John Wooden canonical	21
John Robert Wooden	1
John Wooden (Theodore Roosevelt Award)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author ⓘ basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award ⓘ surface form: Amos Alonzo Stagg Award Henry Iba Award ⓘ NCAA Coach of the Year ⓘ Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as a coach ⓘ Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as a player ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
coachOf	Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball ⓘ UCLA Bruins men’s basketball ⓘ surface form: UCLA Bruins men's basketball
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2010-06-04 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage	1932 ⓘ
describedBySource	widely regarded as one of the greatest coaches in sports history ⓘ
educatedAt	Purdue University ⓘ
employer	Indiana State University ⓘ surface form: Indiana State Teachers College University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
familyName	Wooden ⓘ
fieldOfWork	leadership education ⓘ sports coaching ⓘ
fullName	John Wooden self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Robert Wooden
givenName	John ⓘ
hallOfFame	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameCategory	coach ⓘ player ⓘ
height	5 ft 10 in ⓘ
influenced	college basketball coaching methods ⓘ
knownFor	Pyramid of Success coaching philosophy ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball ⓘ
name	John Wooden self-link ⓘ
nickname	The Wizard of Westwood ⓘ
notableAchievement	Achieved an 88-game winning streak with UCLA ⓘ Led UCLA to 4 undefeated seasons ⓘ Won 10 NCAA Division I men's basketball championships as head coach at UCLA ⓘ Won 7 consecutive NCAA championships from 1967 to 1973 ⓘ
numberOfChildren	2 ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ basketball coach ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Hall, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
playedFor	Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball ⓘ
positionPlayed	guard ⓘ
publication	They Call Me Coach ⓘ Wooden on Leadership ⓘ Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sport	basketball ⓘ
spouse	Nellie Riley ⓘ

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Bill Walton → collegeCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

NCAA Honors Awards → notableRecipientExample → John Wooden ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Wooden (Theodore Roosevelt Award)

UCLA Bruins men’s basketball → mostFamousCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

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UCLA Bruins men’s basketball → famousCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach → notableInducteeExample → John Wooden ⓘ

1968 "Game of the Century" vs UCLA at the Astrodome → coachUCLA → John Wooden ⓘ

UCLA Bruins → notableCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

John R. Wooden Award → namedAfter → John Wooden ⓘ

John Wooden → name → John Wooden self-link ⓘ

John Wooden → fullName → John Wooden self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Robert Wooden

Denny Crum → coachedBy → John Wooden ⓘ

John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award → namedAfter → John Wooden ⓘ

John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award → associatedWith → John Wooden ⓘ

John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award → inHonorOf → John Wooden ⓘ

USBWA National Coach of the Year → notableRecipient → John Wooden ⓘ

AP College Basketball Coach of the Year → notableRecipient → John Wooden ⓘ

Gail Goodrich → playsForCollegeCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

Jamaal Wilkes → collegeCoach → John Wooden ⓘ

Coach Wooden and Me → mainSubject → John Wooden ⓘ

Coach Wooden and Me → notablePersonMentioned → John Wooden ⓘ

UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame → notableInductee → John Wooden ⓘ