Branch McCracken

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Branch McCracken was a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading the Indiana Hoosiers to two NCAA championships in 1940 and 1953.

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instanceOf basketball player
college basketball coach
human
almaMater Indiana University Bloomington NERFINISHED
burialPlace Rose Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Indiana NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
championshipWon NCAA men's basketball championship 1940 NERFINISHED
NCAA men's basketball championship 1953 NERFINISHED
coachingPosition head coach
coachOf Ball State Cardinals men's basketball NERFINISHED
Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball NERFINISHED
collegeTeamPlayedFor Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball NERFINISHED
conferenceTitleWon Big Ten Conference men's basketball title
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1908-06-09
dateOfDeath 1970-06-04
employer Ball State Teachers College NERFINISHED
Indiana University Bloomington NERFINISHED
endTimeAsCoachAtBallState 1938
endTimeAsCoachAtIndiana 1965
fullName Emmett Branch McCracken NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Emmett NERFINISHED
hallOfFameInductionYear 1960
honor Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame inductee
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball NERFINISHED
leagueCoachedIn Big Ten Conference NERFINISHED
memberOfSportsHallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
nickname Branch NERFINISHED
notableAchievement one of the first coaches to popularize up-tempo basketball in the Midwest
notablePlayerCoached Bill Garrett NERFINISHED
Don Schlundt NERFINISHED
Walt Bellamy NERFINISHED
notableWork leading Indiana Hoosiers to 1940 NCAA championship
leading Indiana Hoosiers to 1953 NCAA championship
occupation basketball coach
basketball player
placeOfBirth Monroe County, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bloomington, Indiana, United States NERFINISHED
positionPlayed forward
sport basketball
startTimeAsCoachAtBallState 1930
startTimeAsCoachAtIndiana 1938
stateOfOrigin Indiana NERFINISHED
styleOfPlay fast-break offense

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Henry Joy McCracken familyName Branch McCracken
this entity surface form: McCracken
Hugh McCracken familyName Branch McCracken
this entity surface form: McCracken