Friday, June 4, 2010
John Wooden (1910 – 2010)
Posted on Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Five months shy of his 100th birthday, John Wooden died in Los Angeles on Friday. The coach of 10 national champions -- over a 12-year period, mind you -- at UCLA, Wooden embodied class, grace, and perspective in a sports world that tends to lose its grip on all three.
Frank Murtaugh remembers Wooden -- who coached UCLA in 1973 when they faced the Tigers during the championships -- in From My Seat.
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