Along with his coaching record, Wooden was known for the values he espoused, his integrity, and his “Pyramid of Success.”
Jamaal “Silk” Wilkes and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar embrace during the first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the new commemorative USPS Forever stamp celebrating the legacy of legendary basketball coach John Wooden at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. One of Los Angeles’ most beloved figures of the past century, and a giant of college sports, was honored Saturday with a stamp approval.
Jamaal “Silk” Wilkes and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speak during the first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the new commemorative USPS Forever stamp celebrating the legacy of legendary basketball coach John Wooden at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The USPS holds a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the new commemorative Forever stamp celebrating the legacy of legendary basketball coach John Wooden at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.
The USPS holds a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the new commemorative Forever stamp celebrating the legacy of legendary basketball coach John Wooden at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The stamp, which features original artwork by Alexis Franklin, based on a photograph by Norm Schindler, depicts Wooden at the peak of his career in the early 1970s. The image shows a portrait of Wooden looking intently beyond the viewer. The numbers on the two players’ jerseys, 4 and 10, evoke the Bruins’ four perfect seasons and the 10 national championships during Wooden’s tenure.
Wooden coached UCLA to a 620-147 record from 1948 to 1975, and 10 NCAA basketball championships in his final 12 seasons a coach, including a record seven in a row from 1967 to 1973, with teams led by future Hall of Fame centers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then Lew Alcindor, and Bill Walton, accounting for five of those titles.
John Wooden, guard for Purdue University, poses in action in West Lafayette, Ind., in this undate photo. As a student at Purdue, Wooden was the All-American basketball player for three years, 1930-1932, and Player of the Year in 1932. UCLA coach John Wooden introduces new UCLA player Lew Alcindor at the Bruins’ picture-day in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 1966.
FILE – UCLA Bruins coach John Wooden, left, is congratulated by Jacksonville coach Joe Williams after UCLA beat the Dolphins, 80-69, in the national championship game of the NCAA college basketball tournament on March 21, 1970, in College Park, Md. Williams, who coached Artis Gilmore and tiny Jacksonville University to the 1970 NCAA Tournament championship game against mighty UCLA, died Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Enterprise, Miss.
Nan Wooden, right, seen sitting next to her father, former UCLA coaching great John Wooden, at a Bruins game Feb. 27, 2010, at Pauley Pavilion, died at 87 early Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. John Wooden preceded her in death on June 4, 2010. A Minnesota official called minutes after the deadline, explaining that a snowstorm had caused him to be late calling because he could not get to a telephone and that the school still wanted to hire him. However, Wooden refused to break the promise he had made to UCLA minutes earlier.
Wooden also promoted his “12 Lessons in Leadership,” including Lesson 11 — “Don’t look at the scoreboard.”
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