Phog Allen
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Phog Allen was a pioneering American basketball coach, often called the "Father of Basketball Coaching," who led the University of Kansas program for decades and helped shape the modern game.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phog Allen canonical | 9 |
| Forrest "Phog" Allen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T177683 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Phog Allen Context triple: [National Association of Basketball Coaches, foundedBy, Phog Allen]
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Sherman Adams
Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
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Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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Lamar Hunt
Lamar Hunt was an influential American sports entrepreneur best known for founding the American Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs and for his major role in the development of professional football and soccer in the United States.
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John Thompson
John Thompson was a prominent 19th-century American banker and financier best known for establishing what became the Chase Manhattan Bank.
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Cam Neely
Cam Neely is a Hall of Fame Canadian power forward renowned for his prolific scoring, physical play, and later role as an executive with the Boston Bruins in the NHL.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Phog Allen Target entity description: Phog Allen was a pioneering American basketball coach, often called the "Father of Basketball Coaching," who led the University of Kansas program for decades and helped shape the modern game.
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A.
Sherman Adams
Sherman Adams was an American politician and close aide to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, best known for his influential role in the Eisenhower administration and his resignation amid a gifts scandal.
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B.
Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
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C.
Lamar Hunt
Lamar Hunt was an influential American sports entrepreneur best known for founding the American Football League and the Kansas City Chiefs and for his major role in the development of professional football and soccer in the United States.
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D.
John Thompson
John Thompson was a prominent 19th-century American banker and financier best known for establishing what became the Chase Manhattan Bank.
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E.
Cam Neely
Cam Neely is a Hall of Fame Canadian power forward renowned for his prolific scoring, physical play, and later role as an executive with the Boston Bruins in the NHL.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
ⓘ
college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ sports hall of fame inductee ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | basketball as an Olympic sport ⓘ |
| coachedNationalTeam |
United States men's national basketball team
ⓘ
surface form:
United States men's basketball team (Olympic trials and selection influence)
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| coachOf |
Baker Wildcats men's basketball team
ⓘ
Haskell Indians men's basketball team ⓘ Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-11-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1974-09-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Missouri–Kansas City
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City Medical College
University of Kansas ⓘ |
| employer |
Baker University
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Haskell Institute ⓘ University of Kansas ⓘ |
| fullName | Forrest Clare Allen ⓘ |
| givenName | Forrest ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| hasHonor | Allen Fieldhouse named in his honor ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern basketball coaching ⓘ |
| influencedBy | James Naismith ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being called the "Father of Basketball Coaching"
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leading the University of Kansas basketball program for decades ⓘ pioneering modern basketball coaching techniques ⓘ |
| leagueChampionshipsWon | multiple conference championships with Kansas ⓘ |
| memberOf | Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
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surface form:
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
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| namedAfter | Phog Allen self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| nationalChampionshipsWon | NCAA championship with Kansas in 1952 ⓘ |
| nickname | Phog ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Adolph Rupp
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Dean Smith ⓘ Dutch Lonborg ⓘ F. C. "Phog" Allen coaching tree ⓘ John Bunn ⓘ Ralph Miller ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
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physician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jamesport, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lawrence, Kansas
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surface form:
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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| positionHeld |
head men’s basketball coach at Baker University
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head men’s basketball coach at Haskell Institute ⓘ head men’s basketball coach at the University of Kansas ⓘ |
| residence |
Lawrence, Kansas
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surface form:
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| studentOf | James Naismith ⓘ |
| yearsActiveAsCoach |
1905–1907
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1907–1909 ⓘ 1919–1956 ⓘ |
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Subject: Phog Allen Description of subject: Phog Allen was a pioneering American basketball coach, often called the "Father of Basketball Coaching," who led the University of Kansas program for decades and helped shape the modern game.
Referenced by (10)
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