John Wooden Gravely Ill...

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at UCLA medical hospital. He checked in on Sunday, and has not eaten in a couple days. He certainly does not have much time left.
 


panndder said:
Sam Gilbert will get him out of this one, too.
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My guess is that Mr. Gilbert has already passed away, but don't know for sure. The story:

"If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny Jerry Tarkanian and his players have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national titles and be on probation for the next 100 years." Who would so slander UCLA, particularly during the era of saintly coach John Wooden? Their own legendary center, Bill Walton. Booster Sam Gilbert funneled so much money to players that NCAA probationary poster boy Jerry Tarkanian quipped, "The only team with a higher payroll was the Lakers." The NCAA didn't take action until 1981, by which point Wooden and his ten titles had been retired for six years.

Read more: http://www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/college-basketball-history-2009#ixzz0ptiTQcLM

Or http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=dw-uclalegacy040206 here.
 

The man is on his death bed yet Friend of Tubby thinks that it's apt to talk about his cheating allegations.

Class act, but I already knew that.
 

NateDawgUM said:
The man is on his death bed yet Friend of Tubby thinks that it's apt to talk about his cheating allegations.

Class act, but I already knew that.
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My information was about SAM GILBERT not John Wooden.

Numb nut but I already knew that, too.
 



The world will be a worse place after Wooden passes. If we all would try to be more like him the world be a better place and we would be a better person.

Ignoring his basketball success he one the greatest teachers ever.

I am extreamely, extreamely proud to call him a fellow Boilermaker.
 





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