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John Wooden

1910 - 2010

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John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than four in a row in Division I college men's or women's basketball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wooden has received more than 3,667,098 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Wooden is the 117th most popular basketball player (down from 106th in 2019), the 6,620th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,295th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Basketball Player.

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  • 28

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  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, John Wooden ranks 117 out of 1,757. Before him are Isaiah Thomas, Bill Sharman, Walt Frazier, Kevin Garnett, Dolph Schayes, and George Gervin. After him are James Worthy, Steve Nash, Bill Walton, Miloš Teodosić, Dave Cowens, and Borislav Stanković.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, John Wooden ranks 257. Before him are Alexandru Borbely, Giancarlo Brusati, Max Bense, William Higinbotham, Charles P. Kindleberger, and Lupita Tovar. After him are László Lékai, Inge Meysel, Iuliu Baratky, Kirk Alyn, Abraham Polonsky, and Johann Urbanek. Among people deceased in 2010, John Wooden ranks 267. Before him are Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, Enrique Morente, Armand Razafindratandra, and Maury Chaykin. After him are Hal Connolly, Emilio Álvarez, Harold Gould, Imre Polyák, Abbey Lincoln, and Shirley Verrett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Wooden ranks 6,620 out of 20,380. Before him are Carol Alt (1960), Shawn Wayans (1971), Frank Churchill (1901), Daniel Quillen (1940), Robert Nisbet (1913), and Buckethead (1969). After him are Eddie Cheever (1958), David E. Kelley (1956), Mark Rydell (1929), Chaim Potok (1929), Néstor Carbonell (1967), and Andrea Elson (1969).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, John Wooden ranks 66. Before him are Isaiah Thomas (1989), Bill Sharman (1926), Walt Frazier (1945), Kevin Garnett (1976), Dolph Schayes (1928), and George Gervin (1952). After him are James Worthy (1961), Bill Walton (1952), Dave Cowens (1948), Tom Heinsohn (1934), Marion Jones (1975), and Kevin McHale (1957).

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