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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Label Occurrences
Butch van Breda Kolff canonical 3
Butch Van Breda Kolff 2

Statements (46)

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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Princeton Tigers men’s basketball → notableCoach → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ
1969 NBA Finals → losingCoach → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Butch Van Breda Kolff
1968 NBA Finals → coachOfRunnerUp → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Butch Van Breda Kolff
Jan van Breda Kolff → relative → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ
Jan van Breda Kolff → father → Butch van Breda Kolff ⓘ