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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: John Wooden Biography
		John Wooden's accomplishments as a basketball coach are almost impossible to summarize because they are so many.
		Though John Wooden's career as a coach ended in 1975, his teachings live on.
		In 2004, it was joined by the Women's Wooden Award, a trophy honoring the year's top female college basketball player.
	www.snopes.com /glurge/wooden.asp (1550 words)

	John Wooden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, near Martinsville, Indiana) is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (Class of 1961) and a coach (Class of 1973).
		Wooden was nicknamed "The Indiana Rubber Man" for his suicidal dives on the hardcourt.
		Wooden also has the gym at Martinsville High School and the student recreation center at UCLA named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wooden (435 words)

	NCAA - Birch Bayh and John Wooden Named as Ford Award Recipients
		The award, named in recognition of former President Gerald Ford, honors individuals who have provided significant leadership as an advocate for intercollegiate athletics on a continuous basis over the course of his or her career.
		Wooden is one of only two men enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.
		The John R. Wooden Award, presented annually to the outstanding collegiate men’s basketball player of the year, was founded in 1976; the women’s award is in its second year.
	www2.ncaa.org /portal/media_and_events/press_room/2005/october/20051024_fordaward.html (1209 words)

	Allstate To Sponsor John R. Wooden Award. - Encyclopedia.com
		The prestigious award, now in its 28th year, is named for the former University of California at Los Angeles coach who won ten national championships during a legendary career, while also garnering a reputation for high moral standards.
		Among national basketball honors, the Wooden Award is unique in that it considers both character and academic standards when naming its recipient.
		The Wooden Award is a new marketing step for Allstate, building on an existing relationship with CBS.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-113339930.html (567 words)

	Iba Awards - John Wooden - 2004 President's Award Recipient (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		John Wooden was a fabulous player before becoming the most successful coach in college basketball history.
		Wooden, who cites Ward Lambert, his Purdue coach, as being his greatest coaching influence, enjoyed a brief but successful semi-pro career before turning his complete attention to coaching.
		Wooden first learned about basketball when he was eight years old in 1918, 27 years after the invention of basketball.
	www.ibaawards.com /2004-wooden.html (549 words)

	Oklahoma State's Lucas, Texas Tech's Emmett Named to 2004 John R. Wooden Award All-American Team :: Last season former ...
		The 28th annual Wooden Award will be presented to the college basketball player of the year on Saturday, April 10 during a national CBS telecast of the "John R. Wooden Award Show Presented by Allstate" live from The Los Angeles Athletic Club at 1 pm EST.
		While other player of the year awards are voted upon prior to postseason play, the Wooden Award opts for the later March 29 deadline because it allows voters to evaluate players during the NCAA tournament.
		The 2004 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American Team, the inaugural Women's Wooden Award and the presentation of the Legends of Coaching Award to Stanford Coach Mike Montgomery, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on Saturday, April 10.
	www.big12sports.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/033104aab.html (699 words)

	John Wooden Summary
		John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, in Hall, Indiana) is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (Class of 1961) and a coach (Class of 1973).
		The John Wooden era at UCLA is unrivaled in terms of national championships (the next-closest school, Kentucky, won 7 championships over a 50-year period; the next-winningest coach, Adolph Rupp, won four; Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski have three titles each) and undefeated seasons (Wooden had four; no other coach has more than one).
		Wooden's heir at UCLA, Gene Bartow, went 28-5 in 1976 and lost in the national semi-finals, won 85.2% of his games (compared to Wooden's 80.8%) in two years, yet received death threats from unsatisfied UCLA fans.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Wooden (2049 words)

	John Wooden - Encyclopedia.com
		John Wooden to be Honored at LA Sports & Entertainment Commission's 5th Annual Celebrity Golf & Tennis Classic.
		John A. Wooden Named VP of Programming At iCAST Comedy; Seasoned Internet Veteran and Former Publishing Director for Maxim Online Takes Helm of Content Development.
		Legendary Coach John Wooden to Speak at Kansas State University April 11.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Wooden-J.html (511 words)

	Illinois' Bradford Named To List For Second Straight Season :: John R. Wooden Award announces Top 50 preseason ...
		Each summer, the John R. Wooden Award office samples a committee of its voters from across the nation as to which players should be highlighted in the preseason as potential finalists (Wooden Award All-Americans) for the John R. Wooden Award.
		To be named to the Wooden Award All-American Team or to be the recipient of the Wooden Award Trophy, a player must be making progress toward graduation and carry a cumulative grade average of a least 2.0.
		One member of the Wooden Award All-American Team will be selected on Friday April 6, 2001 as the recipient of the Wooden Award Trophy as the nation's "Most Outstanding Collegiate Basketball Player of the Year." The event will be a one hour telecast on FOX Sports Net.
	fightingillini.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081800aaa.html (630 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Grand finale: Bogut earns top hoop honor
		Bogut said he was aware of John Wooden before he came to play in the United States, but he did his homework by going on the Internet to "research" the accomplishments of the former UCLA coach.
		The Wooden Award was the culmination of the trove of awards Bogut has collected since the end of his season.
		WOODEN NOTES: Also honored Saturday along with Bogut and Calhoun was LSU's Seimone Augustus, who won the women's Wooden Award.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600125189,00.html (874 words)

	ESPN.com: NCB - Texas sophomore Ford wins Wooden Award
		LOS ANGELES -- T.J. Ford won the John R. Wooden Award on Saturday, the Texas point guard's second major college basketball player of the year honor.
		The sophomore, who also won the Naismith Award last month, beat out a quartet of upperclassmen and finished with 4,418 points -- 846 ahead of second-place David West, a senior from Xavier.
		Ford accepted the trophy from Wooden in front of his parents, Leo and Mary, and Longhorns coach Rick Barnes at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
	espn.go.com /ncb/news/2003/0412/1538152.html (686 words)

	John Wooden - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		John Wooden - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		The University of California, Los Angeles dominated college basketball from 1963 to 1975.
		Coached by John Wooden, UCLA won ten national championships...
	encarta.msn.com /John_Wooden.html (100 words)

	Gearlds On Wooden Watch List :: Sophomore one of 30 preseason candidates for player of the year award
		Wooden was a three time All-America selection and the 1932 national player of the year for the Boilermakers.
		The Wooden Award, whose men's winners include Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Boilermaker legend Glenn Robinson, is given to the nation's best player at an institution of higher education who has proven to his or her university that he or she is making progress toward graduation while maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
		The Wooden Award Scholarship Fund was established in 2002 by Applied Materials and corporate partners through the California Community Foundation (CCF) to honor coach Wooden's dedication as an educator and mentor.
	purduesports.collegesports.com /sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/081304aab.html (675 words)

	Wooden Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hall of Fame coach John R. Wooden, who led UCLA to 10 national championships, says that for the first time in nearly three decades he won't present the prestigious collegiate player of the year award bearing his name, due to a dispute with the group that sponsors the prize.
		Hall of Fame basketball coach John R. Wooden, who led UCLA to 10 national championships, said that for the first time in nearly three decades he won't present the prestigious collegiate Player of the Year award bearing his name due to a dispute with the group that sponsors the prize.
		Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden, who led UCLA to 10 national championships, said that for the first time in nearly three decades he won't present the prestigious collegiate Player of the Year award bearing his name, because of a dispute with the group that sponsors the prize.
	www.onlyawards.com /wooden-award.html (1381 words)

	Women's Basketball \| John R. Wooden Award Announces Women's 2005-06 Preseason Top 30 Candidates
		In mid-January, the Wooden Award Committee will release the Midseason Top 20 List, followed in March by the official voting ballot, consisting of approximately 15 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
		The 2006 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 8, 2006, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS telecast.
		The Wooden Award Scholarship Fund was established in 2002 by Applied Materials and corporate partners through the California Community Foundation (CCF) to honor Coach Wooden's dedication as an educator and mentor.
	www.depaulbluedemons.com /article.asp?CatID=8&ID=2338 (813 words)

	Durant captures Wooden award in runaway - 04/08/2007 - MiamiHerald.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Texas star won the John R. Wooden Award in a runaway Saturday to become the first freshman to receive the trophy, but friend and rival Acie Law of Texas A&M taught him a lesson on the Los Angeles Athletic Club basketball court a day earlier.
		The awards are named for the former UCLA coach who guided the Bruins to 10 NCAA championships in a 12-year span before retiring in 1975.
		The Wooden family announced in August 2005 that he would no longer participate because of a trademark dispute concerning the use of his name.
	www.miamiherald.com /918/story/66865.html (717 words)

	Tim Duncan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With three NBA championships and three NBA Finals MVP Awards, he could very well be the greatest basketball player of the post-Michael Jordan era.
		The psychology major (with honors) was winner of the 1997 John Wooden Award, awarded to the NCAA's overall best male player based on the votes of sportscasters and newswriters.
		Duncan won his third NBA Finals MVP Award, joining Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, and Magic Johnson as the only players to win three Finals MVP awards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tim_Duncan (1220 words)

	SI.com - Writers - Jay Mohr: LAAC wins name battle with John Wooden - Thursday September 1, 2005 10:24AM
		The basketball court inside the LAAC is appropriately named the "John R. Wooden Award Court." On that court the club conducts clinics and youth basketball camps.
		Wooden will allow the club to continue using his name, and in reference to Wooden Award chairman Doug Llewelly, in his statement the legendary coach used wordslike "great respect" and "appreciative." On the other side of the divide, LAAC president, Steve Hathaway lamented that he was, "shocked and saddened" by Wooden's request.
		It seems ridiculous, but all the transactions between Wooden and the LAAC are legit and the organization had every legal right to protest Wooden's use of his own name.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2005/writers/jay_mohr/08/30/curtain.call/index.html (884 words)

	Billings Artworks :: Telluride Tech Festival Award
		In addition to the Grammy, Billings Artworks makes the "John Wooden Award" for the NCAA Player of the Year in collegiate basketball, and the "Annie Award", honoring the best in the world of animation.
		As Graves ' health was failing, he approached John with the proposition to become his apprentice, to in fact learn the art and craft for the purpose of passing on his trade.
		In 1991 John redesigned the original miniature (lead with brass plating on a walnut base - a rather fragile trophy), to what is now the stunningly eye-catching, world -renowned icon for the best in musical artistry.
	www.billingsartworks.com /about.php (834 words)

	JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD ANNOUNCES 2006-07 PRESEASON TOP 50 CANDIDATES :: 15 conferences are represented.
		Smaller conferences saw their star players and teams represented by the Wooden Award's preseason selection; a testament to the increased talent level across the country.
		The 2007 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men's and Women's Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams, and the Legends of Coaching Award to recipient Gene Keady of Purdue University, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 7, 2007.
		Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award has contributed close to a million dollars to universities' general scholarship fund in the names of the All-American recipients as well as sent over 1,000 underprivileged children to week-long college basketball camps in the awards name.
	woodenaward.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/102506aaa.html (863 words)

	Bradford, Williams Among Twenty Wooden Award Finalists :: Big Ten leads all conferences with six nominees; Illinois one ...
		Three features of the Wooden Award make it unique: A player named to the Wooden Award ballot must be certified by his university to be maintaining a minimum cumulative 2.0 grade average at that school.
		The Award presentation, which will include the introduction of the Wooden Award All-America team and the presentation of the Legends of Coaching Award to Arizona's Lute Olson, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 6, 2001 at 7:00 p.m.
		The Wooden Award has a special status in college basketball in that it brings together one of the greatest contributor's to college basketball with the nation's top student-athletes.
	fightingillini.collegesports.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030301aaa.html (1032 words)

	Wooden ends association with award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wooden, who turns 95 in October and set the modern standard for excellence in collegiate athletics with 10 national titles, said last Friday that he has decided not to personally hand out the award with his name on it.
		The cause of the disagreement between Wooden and the LAAC that led to the permanent split, according to sources close to Wooden, stems from the club's disapproval that Wooden had allowed his name to be used for another award.
		The Wooden family agent, Mark Humenik, said the decision to disassociate with the LAAC was made to ensure the spirit of Wooden's illustrious legacy in American sports.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=34082 (633 words)

	Anthony Carter a John Wooden Award Finalist
		The 25 finalists for the 1997-98 John R. Wooden Award were announced this morning, and the University of Hawai'i's Anthony Carter was among those selected.
		The award itself is named after UCLA's legendary head coach John Robert Wooden, who retired in 1975 after 27 seasons directing the Bruin basketball program to 10 national titles.
		Wooden was an All-American basketball player at Purdue, where he also was named the college basketball's Player-of-the-Year in 1932.
	uhathletics.hawaii.edu /MBasket/carter_wooden.html (480 words)

	Explorers - Release
		In mid-January, the Wooden Award committee will release the midseason top 30 on CBS Sports, and on Tuesday, March 28, the 10-player Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced.
		The 2006 Award ceremony, which will include the presentation of the Men’s and Women’s Wooden Award, the Wooden Award All-American Teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, will be held at The Los Angeles Athletic Club on April 8, 2006, and will be broadcast live on a national CBS telecast.
		As a part of the John R. Wooden Award, the top five male and female finalists will receive a contribution from the John R. Wooden Award Scholarship Fund for their university’s general scholarship fund.
	www.goexplorers.com /sports/mbball/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=905 (697 words)

	John R. Wooden Award Scholarship Fund
		During the 27 years John R. Wooden coached the UCLA men's basketball team, he brought them to 19 Conference Championships and 10 NCAA championships.
		Wooden's real passion is his dedication as a teacher and educator.
		In 2004, for the first time, a woman's award will be presented, and women will benefit from the John R. Wooden Award Scholarships.
	www.calfund.org /8/giving_woodenaward.php (219 words)

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