Images: John Wooden, 1910-2010
UCLA center Bill Walton leaves the floor past coach John Wooden as Notre Dame ended the All- American 's winning streak at 142 games in high school and with the Bruins on January 19,1974 in South Bend, IN. UCLA's winning streak of 88 games also ended with the 71-70 defeat.
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Back row, from left to right, former players, Lucius Allen, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, assistant coach Jerry Norman, players, Ken Heitz and Mike Warren react as coach John Wooden (facing camera), front, thanks the fans as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of their 1967 NCCA Championship team, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007.
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Legendary UCLA head coach John Wooden, left, shares a laugh with T.J. Cummings, right, Billy Knight, center, as Dijon Thompson looks on after the Bruins defeated Alabama, 79-57.
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DePaul coach Ray Meyer, left, and former UCLA coach John Wooden, are seen during pre-game ceremonies honoring Meyer's 42-year career in Rosemont, Ill., March 10, 1984.
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Former UCLA basketball coaching great John Wooden, center, is dwarfed by UCLA alumni and pro basketball stars Bill Walton, left, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during birthday party for Wooden in Los Angeles Saturday night, October 20, 1980.
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John Wooden, UCLA basketball coach, and his wife, Nell, look over a photo album at their home in Santa Monica, Ca., March 30, 1970. For 37 years the couple have a ritual before every game in which they exchange okay signs.
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UCLA coach John Wooden is flanked by Sidney Wicks, right, and Lew Alcindor, draped with basket ropes, after the UCLA team beat Purdue 92-72 to win the NCAA basketball title for the third consecutive year, in Louisville, Ky., March 24, 1969.
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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.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden stands amid his Bruins during the last time out against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 19, 1974.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden shown with Bill Walton ,right, and Swen Nater, 1972.
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Saint Joseph's basketball player Jameer Nelson, right, poses with legendary coach John Wooden after Nelson won the John R. Wooden Award, given to the nation's best college basketball player, at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Saturday, April 10, 2004.
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UCLA coach John Wooden is shown on the UCLA bench as his team plays in this undated photo.
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UCLA's Kevin Love, left, shows the John R. Wooden Classic trophy to John Wooden after UCLA defeated Davidson at the John R. Wooden Classic basketball tournament, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, left, holds the game ball as he leads his players off the floor after beating Notre Dame for a record 61st win in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 27, 1973.
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Lew Alcindor towers over coach John Wooden who has some words of advice for the UCLA star during a workout on March 21, 1969 at Louisville, Ky.
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UCLA coach John Wooden gestures and calls for time out in the waning seconds of game against the University of Houston in the Atrodome in Houston, Texas, Jan. 20, 1968.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, left, accepts the game ball from Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps after UCLA had set a new consecutive winning streak of 61 games by beating Irish 82-63 in South Bend, Ind., Jan. 27, 1973.
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UCLA coach John Wooden wears the basketball net around his neck in celebration after the Bruins won the NCAA basketball championship game with a 92-85 victory over Kentucky in San Diego, Ca., Monday night, March 31, 1975.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden reacts from the side lines as the Bruins play in this undated photo.
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Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, center, poses with two of his former players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, left, and Keith Erickson in front of a bronze plaque erected in Wooden's honor on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles.
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Hall of Fame coach John R. Wooden, left, poses with UCLA's Tyler Trapani after UCLA defeated DePaul in an NCAA college basketball game at the John R. Wooden Classic, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008 in Anaheim, Calif. Trapani is Wooden's great grandson. UCLA won 72-54.
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UCLA coach John Wooden shouts after a technical foul was called during the NCAA basketball championship game against Kentucky in San Diego, Ca., March 31, 1975. UCLA won the game, 92-85, to give Wooden his tenth NCAA title.
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John Wooden, UCLA Bruins head basketball coach, holds the NCAA championship trophy which the Bruins won for the fifth straight year by defeating Villanova University, 68-62, in Houston, Texas, Friday, March, 27, 1971.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden is shown in Los Angeles, Ca., Jan. 1970.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, left, watches his players during a workout in the Asrodome in Houston, Texas, Jan. 19, 1968.
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UCLA coaching legend John Wooden gets a pat on the back from the UCLA mascot as he and then head coach Jim Harrick are introduced during halftime of the Purdue-Villanova game in the John Wooden Classic Saturday, Dec. 9, 1995.
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John Wooden, newly announced head basketball coach at UCLA, is shown with his wife, Nell, at their home in Terre Haute, Ind., April 20, 1948.
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UCLA head coach John Wooden, center, holds the NCAA championship trophy after his Bruins defeated Villanova University, 68-62, to win their fifth straight national title in Houston, Texas, March 27, 1971.
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John Wooden, right, newly announced head basketball coach at UCLA, is shown with his wife, Nell, left, and their children, Nancy, 14, and James, 11, at their home in Terre Haute, Ind., April 20, 1948.
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Former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden stands with his former star centers, Kareem Abdul- Jabbar, left, and Bill Walton during a jersey retiring ceremony at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Feb. 3, 1990.
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UCLA basketball coach John Wooden wears a basketball net around his neck after his team won the NCAA basketball championship over Kentucky, 92-85, in San Diego, Calif., on March 31, 1975. The win gave him his 10th NCAA championship.
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Dave Robinson of Navy is congratulated by John Wooden after receiving the Los Angeles Athletic Club's John Wooden Award, in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 1, 1987.
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Coaches John Wooden of UCLA, left, and Gene Bartow of Memphis State University at a press conference on March 26, 1973 in St. Louis.
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