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Bill Russell and John Wooden

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Difference between Bill Russell and John Wooden

Bill Russell vs. John Wooden

William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is an American retired professional basketball player. John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball player and head coach at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Similarities between Bill Russell and John Wooden

Bill Russell and John Wooden have 30 things in common (in Unionpedia): Basketball, Basketball positions, Bill Bradley, Bill Sharman, Black, Dean Smith, ESPN, George Mikan, Golf, Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year, Henry Bibby, Jack Kent Cooke, James Naismith, K. C. Jones, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Los Angeles Lakers, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, Oscar Robertson, Phil Woolpert, Presidential Medal of Freedom, San Francisco Dons men's basketball, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, Tom Heinsohn, UCLA Bruins men's basketball, 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Basketball positions

The five basketball positions normally employed by organized basketball teams are the point guard (PG), the shooting guard (SG), the small forward (SF), the power forward (PF), and the center (C).

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Bill Bradley

William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and politician.

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Bill Sharman

William Walton Sharman (May 25, 1926 – October 25, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and coach.

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Black

Black is the darkest color, the result of the absence or complete absorption of visible light.

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Dean Smith

Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball head coach.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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George Mikan

George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (June 18, 1924 – June 1, 2005), nicknamed Mr.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year

The Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year was an annual basketball award given to the most outstanding intercollegiate men's basketball player in the United States.

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Henry Bibby

Charles Henry Bibby (born November 24, 1949) is a former professional basketball player.

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Jack Kent Cooke

Jack Kent Cooke (October 25, 1912 – April 6, 1997) was a Canadian entrepreneur and former owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), and the Los Angeles Wolves (United Soccer Association).

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James Naismith

James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was an American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator.

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K. C. Jones

K.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr.; April 16, 1947) is an American retired professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.

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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.

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National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league in North America; composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).

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National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hall of fame and museum dedicated to men's college basketball.

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NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, also informally known and branded as NCAA March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship.

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NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The NCAA Men's Basketball All-American teams are teams made up of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball players voted the best in the country by a variety of organizations.

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Oscar Robertson

Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "The Big O", is an American retired professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks.

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Phil Woolpert

Phil Woolpert (December 15, 1915 – May 7, 1987) was an American basketball coach.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal—the highest civilian award of the United States.

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San Francisco Dons men's basketball

The San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represents the University of San Francisco in NCAA Division I men's college basketball.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the Sportsperson of the Year award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States.

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Tom Heinsohn

Thomas William Heinsohn (born August 26, 1934) is an American retired professional basketball player.

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UCLA Bruins men's basketball

The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program represents the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in men's college basketball.

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1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament

The 1956 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball.

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Bill Russell and John Wooden Comparison

Bill Russell has 296 relations, while John Wooden has 292. As they have in common 30, the Jaccard index is 5.10% = 30 / (296 + 292).

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