Premiere Props · Sale 332645 · Lot 93

John Wooden and more Signed Basketball Award

John Wooden and others signed Moulton Official orange synthetic leather basketball. Signed: "best wishes John Wooden UCLA" and signed by three others. Marked the Los Angeles Athletic Club, John R. Wooden Award.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. Within this period, his teams won an NCAA men's basketball record 88 consecutive games. Wooden won the prestigious Henry Iba Award as national coach of the year a record seven times and won the Associated Press award five times.Condition: Mint; 3 of 4 signatures illegiblePresented in black display case with crystal side panels and mirrored rear panel.Condition: Excellent