Butch van Breda Kolff

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NBA coach basketball coach college basketball coach human

Butch van Breda Kolff was an American basketball coach best known for his successful collegiate coaching career and for leading the Los Angeles Lakers during the late 1960s.

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Butch Van Breda Kolff	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NBA coach ⓘ basketball coach ⓘ college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	Princeton University ⓘ
coachedPlayer	Elgin Baylor ⓘ Jerry West ⓘ Wilt Chamberlain ⓘ
coachedTeam	Detroit Pistons ⓘ Hofstra Pride men's basketball ⓘ surface form: Hofstra Flying Dutchmen men's basketball Hofstra Pride men's basketball ⓘ Lafayette College ⓘ surface form: Lafayette College men's basketball Lafayette Leopards men's basketball ⓘ Los Angeles Lakers ⓘ New Orleans Jazz ⓘ Phoenix Suns ⓘ Princeton Tigers men’s basketball ⓘ surface form: Princeton Tigers men's basketball University of New Orleans ⓘ surface form: University of New Orleans Privateers men's basketball
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1922-10-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2007-08-22 ⓘ
eraOfActivity	20th century ⓘ
familyName	William Van Breda Kolff ⓘ surface form: van Breda Kolff
fatherOf	William Van Breda Kolff ⓘ surface form: Jan van Breda Kolff
fullName	William Van Breda Kolff ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame ⓘ New York City Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn	Basketball Association of America ⓘ
militaryService	United States Navy ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
NBAFinalsAppearancesAsCoach	1968-1969 ⓘ
nickname	Butch ⓘ
notableFor	coaching Los Angeles Lakers in the late 1960s ⓘ successful collegiate coaching career ⓘ
occupation	basketball coach ⓘ basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Montclair, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Montclair, New Jersey, United States
placeOfDeath	Siena, New York, United States ⓘ
playedFor	New York Knicks ⓘ Princeton Tigers men’s basketball ⓘ surface form: Princeton Tigers men's basketball
positionPlayed	forward ⓘ
relative	Jan van Breda Kolff ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ

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1969 NBA Finals → losingCoach → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ

this entity surface form: Butch Van Breda Kolff

Princeton Tigers men’s basketball → notableCoach → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ