Wooden: A Coach's Life (96 page)
“the pressure didn’t bother me”: Academy of Achievement interview.
“the NCAA came in and checked and found nothing that took place during my years”: Wooden interview with Karpick.
“I refused because they wouldn’t let him”: Wooden interview with Rose,
“we were invited again [in 1948] and I refused”: Hall of Fame interview.
“refused to go to the [1948] tournament if Clarence couldn’t go”: “Color Wall Came Down Here in ’48,”
Kansas City Star
, Mar. 13, 2002.
“As I headed across the court through the thousands of well-wishers and fans”: John Wooden with Steve Jamison,
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997), p. 162.
“Two minutes before, I had no intention of retiring for two more years”: Wooden interview with ESPN, Apr. 19, 2000.
“Jerry wasn’t a ‘yes man,’ by any means”: “Bruins’ Wooden Fought Against Installing Press,”
Los Angeles Times
, Feb. 5, 1969.
“As far as the pressing defense was concerned”: Johnson,
John Wooden Pyramid of Success
, p. 42.
“I decided to stick with something that had been very successful for me at Indiana State and high school”: Hall of Fame interview.
“One assistant suggested that we bring back a zone press”: Wooden and Yaeger,
Game Plan for Life
, p. 84.
“He’s just a tough, cold guy”: Chapin and Prugh,
Wizard of Westwood
, p. 307.
35. YONDER
Interviews: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lucius Allen, Bill Bennett, Henry Bibby, Pete Blackman, Dick Enberg, Doug Erickson, Keith Erickson, Larry Farmer, Bob Field, Valorie Kondos Field, John Green, Jim Harrick, Walt Hazzard, Andy Hill, Ben Howland, Marques Johnson, Mike Lynn, Bill Walton, Mike Warren, Jeff Weiss, Jamaal Wilkes, Sidney Wicks
“Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a call or a letter”: Academy of Achievement interview.
Afterward, Cathleen asked Wooden who the man was. He said he had no idea: Johnson,
John Wooden Pyramid of Success
, p. 242.
“I won’t say that I’m not flattered by things of that sort”: Hall of Fame interview.
Nan, like Nell, would interject with a sharp, “Then don’t”: Ibid.
“I can’t believe people are that stupid”: Bisheff,
John Wooden
, p. 183.
Dellins called Wooden because he had heard a rumor that Wooden had died: “Wooden Has Too Much Life Left in Him to Call It Quits,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 1, 2009.
He put a baby monitor beside Wooden’s bed: “No One Cared for John Wooden Like Tony Spino,”
Los Angeles Times
, Aug. 20, 2011.
“Most of the time he’s not who he was”: “UCLA Coaching Legend John Wooden Celebrates His Birthday Today,”
Daily News of Los Angeles
, Oct. 14, 2009.
“I’m working on it”: Nan Wooden, “Faith, Love and Basketball,”
Guideposts
, May 2012.
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ABC TV network
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (Lew Alcindor)
1967–68 season and
1968–69 season and
background of
bidding war between ABA and NBA for
Black Youth Conference and
college record of
converts to Islam and changes name
death threats vs.
diary published in
Sports Illustrated
dignity robes of
dunking rule and
Gilbert and
Lacey dispute and
marijuana and
media and
Naulls and
NBA contract and
NCAA Most Outstanding Player
personality of
summer job and
UCLA freshman team and
Walton and
Wooden and team rules and
Ackerman, Bill
Adams, Carroll
Alabama, University of, Birmingham
Alcindor, Ferdinand Lewis, Sr. “Big Al”
Alcindor, Lew.
See
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem
All-America Board of Basketball Coaches
All-Americans
Allen, Lucius
arrests
Gilbert and
NBA and
Allen, Phog
Alper, Art
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)
American Basketball Association (ABA)
American Basketball League (ABL)
Anaheim Angels
Andersen, Stan
Anderson, Indiana, baseball team
Anderson, Sparky
Aranoff, Steve
Archer, Bob
Arizona, University of
Arizona State University (ASU)
Arkansas, University of
Armstrong, Henry
Armstrong, Neil
Arnold, Frank
Artesian
(yearbook)
Ashe, Arthur
Associated Press (AP)
Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU, “Big Six”)
1959–60 season
1960–61 season
1961–62 season
1962–63 season
1965–66 season
1966–67 season
play-offs of 1963
formation of
renamed Pacific 8
UCLA wins 1962 title
Athletic Revolution, The
(Scott)
Atkinson, Byron
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Auerbach, Red
Autobiography of a Yogi
(Yogananda)
Autobiography of Malcolm X, The
Autry, Gene
Averbuck, Ned
Baird, Frank
Balter, Sam
Banton, Dick
Barksdale, Don
Barry, Sam
Bartow, Gene
Gilbert and
UAB and
as UCLA coach
Bartow, Murry
Bartow, Ruth
basketball
early barnstorming
first Olympics of
invention and early development of
popularity of, by Naismith’s death
Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Basketball Hall of Fame (Indiana)
Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield)
Wooden inducted, as coach, 1973
Wooden inducted, as player, 1960
Wooden interview of 2001
Basketball: Its Origin and Development
(Naismith)
Bass, Willard
Bates, Floyd
Batmale, Lou
Bauer, Ralph
Bayh, Birch
Bayh, Birch, Jr.
Bayh, Evan
Bayless, Skip
Baylor, Elgin
Baylor University
Belko, Steve
Bender, Billy
Benington, John
Bennett, Bill
Bennett, Joanne
Be Quick—But Don’t Hurry!
(Hill, with Wooden)
Berberich, John
Berry, Bob
Berst, David
Bertka, Bill
Beta Inc. basketball shoe
Beta Theta Pi
Betchley, Rick
Bibby, Henry
Big Ten
Purdue records in, 1928–32
Big Ten, The
(Wilson and Brondfield)
Big Ten Academic medal (1932)
Bill Walton
(Scott)
Bird, Larry
Bisesi, Vinnie
Blackman, Pete
Black Panthers
black players.
See also
specific individuals
Black Youth Conference
Indiana of 1930s and
interracial dating and
NAIB and
power of, in Alcindor years
Russell changes game
segregation and
Black Youth Conference
Blakey, Art
Bloom, Leonard
Blue Chips
(film)
Bonds, Barry
Booker, Kenny
Boston Celtics
Boston College
Boston University
Boulding, Wayne
Boyd, Bob
Boykoff, Harry
Bozeman, Cedric
Bradley, Bill
Bradley, Omar
Bradley, Tom
Bradley University
Bragg, Don
Brigham Young University (BYU)
Brokaw, Gary
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brown, Barbara
Brown, Joe
Brown, Larry
as UCLA coach, 1979–81
Brown, Warren
Bruin Classic
Bruin Hoopsters
Bryant, Bear
Bubas, Vic
Buch, Al
Buckley, Jay
Bunche, Ralph
Buntin, Bill
Burke, Conrad
Burleson, Tom
Burnett, Bob
Burns, Floyd
Burrows, Pembrook
Buscaglia, Leo
Bush, Donnie
Bussenius, Bill
Butler University
Byers, Walter
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
cable television
California, University of.
See
University of California
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Long Beach
NCAA investigation of
California State University, Northridge
Call
(newspaper)
Caress, Charlie
Carmichael, Charles
Carr, Austin
Carr, Chet
Carson, Vince
Carty, Jay
center-jump
Centerton, Indiana
Cervantes, Miguel de
Chamberlain, Wilt
Chaney, Don
Chapin, Dwight
Chapman University
Charlie Rose
(TV show)
Cheaney, Calbert
Chicago, University of
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chortkoff, Mitch
Christian Science Monitor
Christopher, Clarence “Big Chris”
Churchill, Winston
Ciesar, Ed
Cincinnati, University of
Cincinnati Reds
Citadel, The
Citizen Klansmen
(Moore)
Citrus Junior College
City College of New York (CCNY)
civil rights movement
Clark, Brent
Clay, Dwight
Coach’s World, A
(Keith)
Coldren, Bruce
Coleman, Cecil
Collins, Doug
Colorado State University
Columbia Pictures
Combes, Harry
Compton Community College
Conley, Gene
Conner, Jimmy Dan
Connersville, Indiana, High School
Cooke, Jack Kent
Courier and Journal
Cousy, Bob
Crawfordsville, Indiana, early basketball and
Crawfordsville Journal
Creek, Herbert
Crisler, Fritz
Cronin, Ned
Crum, Denny
Cunningham, Gary
as UCLA coach
Curtis, Glenn “Old Fox”
ladder of success and
recommends Wooden as ISTC coach
Curtis, Tommy
Daily Bruin
Dalis, Pete
Dallmar, Howie
Dalton, Bob
Dantley, Adrian
Dardin, Oliver
Darrow, Chuck
Davis, Dick
Davis, Olin W.
Daye, Darren
Dayton, Kentucky, High School
Wooden’s losing season at
Dayton, University of
Dayton Pilot
(yearbook)
Dean, Everett
Dee, Johnny
Deford, Frank
DeJardin, Don
Dellinger, Joe
Dellins, Marc
Dempsey, Jack
Denlinger, Ken
Denver, University of
Denver Nuggets
DePaul University
DePauw University
Depression
Detroit Falcons
Detroit Pistons
Dickens, Charles
Dickey, Glenn
Dimich, Dan
Dohn, Mary
Dolson, Frank
Donaldson, Pete
Donohue, Jack
Dose, Tom
Douglas, Lloyd
Downing, Steve
Drake, Ducky
Drake University
Dreith, Ben
Driesell, Charles “Lefty”
Drollinger, Ralph
Duke University
Dunbar, Bob
Dunphy, Marv
Duquesne University
Eblen, Bill
Ecker, Danny
Ecker, John
Edwards, Harry
Ehlers, Eddie
Einhorn, Eddie
El Camino College
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” (Gray)
Elliott, Edward
Ellis, LaPhonso
Elmore, Len
Enberg, Dick
Erickson, Doug
Erickson, Keith
ESPN (cable network)
Eubank, George
Evans, Jerry
Fahrubel, Howard
Farmer, Larry
Gilbert and
as UCLA coach, 1981
fast break or fire wagon style
FBI
Fehring, William “Dutch”
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Ferry, Bob
FIBA World Championship (2006)
Field, Bob
Fields, Kenny
Fink, Pinkie
Fischer, Bob
flat hook shot
Florence, Mal
Florida State University
Flower, Ken
Fonda, Jane
Fordham University
Foster, Lou
Foudy, Charlie
Fouke, Harry
Franklin, Gary
Franklin
, USS
Frankovich, Mike
full-court press
Furillo, Bud
“Game of the Century” (Houston-UCLA, 1968)
Game Plan for Life, A
(Wooden)
Gandhi, Mahatma
Gassensmith, John
Georgetown University
Geyer, Jack
Giant Steps
(Abdul-Jabbar and Knobler)
GI Bill of Rights
Gilbert, Michael
Gilbert, Rose
Gilbert, Sam
indictment of
Los Angeles Times
exposé of
NCAA investigations and
Gildea, William
Gill, Slats
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gilmore, Artis
Givens, Jack
Glenn, John
Godfather, The
(Puzo)
Golden State Warriors
Gooch, Freddy
Goodrich, Gail, Jr.
Goodrich, Gail, Sr.
Goodrich, Jean
Goorjian, Greg
Goshen High School (Indiana)
Goss, Freddie
Gottlieb, Eddie
Gould, Todd