I think thats what made him a great coach.. Lovellette, with the Lakers from 1953-57, said Kundla was well liked by his players even if he took their money. Yadier Molina (54 WAR) 11. Send a Message. (AP Photo, File), John Kundla talks to a reporter Thursday, June 5, 2014, in his home at MainStreet Lodge assisted living home in Minneapolis, where he says he is as lucky at bingo as he once was in pro basketball. Twelve of them have won at least one NBA championship as head coaches; one other, Don Nelson, has five NBA championships as a player. Standing at just 57 and 170 pounds, Jenkins was admired for his ability to remain poised and guide his team, while always aspiring for excellence. Italian-born Dino Meneghin (inducted 2003) spent his entire career playing in the Italian A League. he was the oldest living Hall of Famer in any of the . "Bob" Houbregs (inducted 1987) was drafted by NBA's Milwaukee Hawks in 1953 and played five seasons in the league. Jim Kaat was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July. He has paid close attention the past few years to what Spoelstra has been doing and likes what he sees. 8 Youngest Players to Win an NBA Title Little things like that irritate you., Kundla spends most of his time in a wheelchair but is sometimes able to use a walker. Among these, Lieberman, Woodard, Cooper-Dyke, Edwards, Staley, Leslie, Smith, Swoopes, Lobo, Thompson, Weatherspoon, Catchings, Griffith, and Jackson have played in the Women's National Basketball Association. Famed member of the Original Celtics of New York in the 1920s, also a successful pro coach. In the 1980s, Parish won three NBA Championships with the Boston Celtics. Played 17 years, scored over 25,000 NBA points. Mutombos career lasted for 18 years and he played for Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, and the Houston Rockets. 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Kundla moved with his mother, Anna, who was born in Austria, to Minneapolis when he was 5, and his father eventually was supposed to join them. Comments. Follow Chris Tomasson at twitter.com/christomasson. He was a longtime NBA writer with the Akron Beacon Journal, Rocky Mountain News and AOL FanHouse. He was part of seven NBL, BAA, and NBA championship teams, an NBA All-Star Game MVP, and won three scoring titles. Thats exactly what his Lakers did. While this is typically true for most athletes, there are several who play for decades and retire at an age that is seen as exceptionally old for an athlete. All told, 12 teams have been inducted, with the most recents being the Tennessee A&I State Teams of 1957, 1958, 1959 and the Wayland Baptist Women's Teams of 194882 inducted in 2019.[6]. [4] Six of them have won championships in the EuroLeague or its historic predecessor, the FIBA European Champions Cup. Petrovi, Raa and Kuko represented Croatia after the initial breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. Last Team: Providence Steamrollers Riley, now Miamis team president, actually trademarked the term three-peat, before his Los Angeles Lakers fell short of getting one in 1989. Bob Cousy is the sixth oldest person to play for the NBA and is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Years Played: 1984 2005; 2007 (21 years) Oldest Age While Playing: 41 years, 129 days in 1999 The NBA legend played center with "fluid" movements, despite his 6-foot-11 frame, according to his NBA biography. Years Played: 1976 1997 (21 years) 10 Most Expensive Basketball Cards Ever Sold Credited for creating and heading the first union for NBA referees, known as the National Association of Basketball Referees, a predecessor to the present day NBRA. Grant Gordon chronicles the versatile Cardinals star whom Jim Thorpe called the "greatest . 1950s NBA star for the Syracuse Nationals, led them to 1955 NBA title. Last Team: Los Angeles Lakers A recipient of the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award (2008), the Edward Steitz Award (2013) and the Womens Sports Foundation Billie Jean King Award (2016), as well as an enshrinee of the Womens Basketball Hall of Fame (2011). SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Later, also commissioner of the ABA. ' Brooks Robinson 83. Kundla watches games from the perspective of a coach. 8 Youngest Players to Win an NBA Title Its just a modern way of talking. Abdul-Jabbar still holds the record as the all time leading scorer with 38,387 points and the player with the most career wins at 1,074. 1000 Hall of Fame AvenueSpringfield, Massachusetts 01105. MLB - Oldest Living Hall of Famers Can you name the MLB Hall of Famers - who were inducted as either a manager or a player - who are at least 70 years old? The Hall of Fame has more than 400 inductees and 40,000 sq. Had two Hall Of Fame careers, one as player, one as coach. ' He hasn't even come close, really, to scratching the . Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving and celebrating the game of basketball at every level. Hes an unbelievable ballplayer. It requires, Mount Everest is known as Earths highest mountain above sea level. Wilkens, inducted as a coach in 1998, and Mike Krzyzewski, inducted in 2001, were Daly's assistants in 1992. There isnt anything he cant do.. You can see theyre well-coached.. Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda had been the oldest living Hall of Famer until his death at age 93 earlier this month, at which point that mantle passed to Willie Mays, who will turn. Career marred by alleged point-shaving scandal. Published: December 25, 2012 Pick Your All-Time New York City N.B.A. This list varies quite a bit from the list of oldest Hall of Famers, because not every Hall of Famer was inducted at the same age. Influential in the development of 3-second rule; developed the 1-3-1 zone defense; Shoe salesman; Organized first basketball clinic at, 50 district, regional, and invitational tournaments, including two championships (Indiana state; 1919, 1934); first President, Indiana High School Coaching Association; member of National Rules Committee (195256); first full-time executive secretary and director of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (196366). The baseball legend marked his 90th birthday on Thursday, making him the oldest living Hall of Famer, according to ESPN . Aroldis Chapman (19 WAR) 17. Monte Merrill Irvin was born February 25, 1919, in Haleburg, Alabama but his family soon moved up North. Cathy Rush, inducted in 2008, was the head coach of the Immaculata College women's team of 19721974 that was inducted in 2014. Belov, inducted in 1992, was born in modern-day Russia; Sabonis and Mariulionis, respectively inducted in 2011 and 2014, were born in today's Lithuania. The couple had six children, one of whom is deceased. star forward at Kentucky then for the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 1960s.The first of Red Auerbach's ' Sixth Man ' stars. The 6-foot-10 Mikan, a three-time scoring champion, was the NBAs first big star. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Charley Trippi, a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy at Georgia who went on to lead the Cardinals to their most recent NFL championship in 1947, died Wednesday. 30+ points in every game of NBA finals. Mays took the baseball field by storm when he joined the then New York . During his time with the Houston Rockets in 1995, Jones did win an NBA Championship. If Erik Spoelstra can lead the Miami Heat to victory in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, he will become just the fourth coach in league history to win three in a row. Kundlas wife, Marie, died in 2007. To me, tattoos mean temporary insanity, said Kundla, who cant recall ever having a player with one. It stands at an elevation of 29,032 ft. To, Like many major league sports, the age of the players in the MLB ranges widely. A year later, the Lakers beat the Knicks in the Finals in five games. Ortiz (61-7-1, 30 KOs) was a highly respected - and probably underappreciated - lightweight titleholder in the 1960s. When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired, he was the NBAs all-time leader in points scored (38,387), games played (1,560), minutes played (57,446), field goals made (15,837), field goal attempts (28,307), blocked shots (3,189), defensive rebounds (9,394), career wins (1,074), and personal fouls (4,657). When Kundla was coaching Minneapolis, he made $6,000 a year. Years Played: 1991 2009 (18 years) Two-time World Professional Tournament championship with New York Rens (1939) and Washington Bears (1943). Chuck Daly, inducted in 1994, was the head coach of the "Dream Team", the USA team at the 1992 Olympics that featured 11Hall of Fame players and was inducted as a unit in 2010. (D. Whitey Herzog 89. Clyde ', legendary quick-handed star guard for the New York Knickerbockers in the 1970s. The Referee category has existed since the beginning of the Hall of Fame and the first referee was inducted in 1959. Of Houston, then for San Diego-Houston Rockets. The NBA was formed in 1949 and recognized Kundlas BAA title but not his NBL one. Star scoring guard and player coach for the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons during The Wars Years of the 1940s. Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, presented their oldest daughter Natalia with Bryant's Hall of Fame jacket at the 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame awards tip-off gala Friday night. Gold Medals in 1979 & 1983 FIBA World Championship, 1983 Pan American Games and 1984 Olympics for Women's Basketball. The Big E ', high leaping, scoring big man at U. Although Cousy played his final game for the Cincinnati Royals, who he was coaching for at the time, he spent his entire 13-year playing career with the Boston Celtics. Jones went on to play for four more teams before retiring from the NBA in 1998. The 6-foot-4 slugger known as "Stretch" was the NL's Rookie of the Year in 1959, going 4 for 4 in his debut, and its MVP in 1969. Kundla, 97, is the oldest living hall of famer in any of the four major pro sports. AAU Hall of Fame in 1961. The name was inspired the fictitious Chief Bromden, a silent, giant Native American character in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Italian national championship (Oransoda team, 1968); oversaw the introduction of the three-point line in international competition; overseen reorganization of FIBA into zonal administration system; member of International Olympic Committee, Five-time NBA All-Star (196165); NBA championship (, Coach, 1980 United States Olympic Team; five-time New England Coach of the Year; founder of the. I think that's his ceiling. One I predict that Randy Moss and Ray Lewis will receive in this year's class. Five Hall of Famers died in 1989: umpire Jocko Conlan, Negro Leagues stars Judy Johnson and Willie Wells, and major leaguers Lefty Gomez and Bill Terry. Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Aparicio, nicknamed "Little Louie" is the the first player from Venezuela to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. major college basketball star at LaSalle in the 1950s, then star 6' 6 guard -forward for the Philadelphia Warriors in late 1950s, early 1960s. [91] Four inductees were born in the former Soviet Union: Sergei A. Belov, arnas Mariulionis, Arvydas Sabonis, and Uljana Semjonova. Twelve inductees have, either before or after their induction, won an Olympic medal coaching a men's national team to a top-three finish in the Olympic tournament. Years Played: 1950 1963; 1970 (13.5 years) Position: Guard/Forward. During his NBA career as a player, Cousy was a 13 time NBA All Star and won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1957. Charley Trippi 98 (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) Born: December 14, 1921 Inducted: 1968 Trippi was part of the Chicago Cardinals' famed "Million Dollar Backfield" that won the 1947 NFL. Russ has averaged. After (more than) 50 years, Id say thats pretty nice that they still remember me, said Kundla, speaking while watching Thursdays Game 1 of the Finals on television in his MainStreet Lodge room. Former Minneapolis Lakers coach John Kundla will turn 100 on Sunday, July 3, 2016. The College's oldest living alumna. Im expecting Miami to win because theyve got James, Kundla said. Also listed is the last living player from defunct teams. Position: Center. Mutombo was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015 and since retiring from professional basketball, he has continued to do humanitarian work around the world. Williams was a first round draft pick for the Indiana Pacers in 1981, but did not necessarily have a remarkable career. However, professional sports tend to take a toll on athletes bodies and the average age of retirement is 33. Additionally, Bobby "Slick" Leonard won three titles in the former American Basketball Association. Last Game: April 21, 2009 Former NBA star Bob Lanier died Tuesday at age 73, the league said. Ex-Twin Joe Mauer, 39, becomes eligible for the first time for Hall of Fame voting in two years. St. Louis Hawks legend Bob Pettit, who was the NBA's first-ever Most Valuable Player, was recently named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team. He was regarded as a keen tactician while steering the Lakers to wins in 1949 and 1950 before later becoming the first NBA coach to win three straight during a 1952-54 run. Hickey was 45 years and 363 days old. He formerly played for Oregon ducks as a quarterback. star big man who starred at Grambling, then for the New York Knickerbockers. Edith Renfrow Smith '37, DHL'19 has led an extraordinary life. Just as nobody was dunking back when he coached, no one was talking about a three-peat. CLICK HERE for a listing by Class Year or Enshrinement Category OR BROWSE HALL OF FAMERS Paul Endacott Moses Malone Drazen Dalipagic John Calipari Dave Gavitt players, including 12 Hall of Famers. Three inductees in this category are women: Senda Berenson Abbott and Bertha Teague (both inducted in 1985), and the most recent contributor to be inducted, Rebecca Lobo, who entered the Hall in 2017. [5] Ernest C. Quigley, born in Canada, is the only inductee in this category born outside of the United States. Last Team: New York Knicks Follow. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major contributors to the sport.It is named after James Naismith, who conceived the sport in 1891; he was inducted into the Hall as a contributor in 1959. Instrumental in the reinstatement of the dunk (1976); eliminated jump ball with the exception of the start of the game and overtime (1981); advocate of the 45-second shot clock and three-point shot (1985); NIT Selection Committee (196268), 8 Oklahoma state championships and 7 runners-up; compiled 36 20-plus win seasons, including 28 consecutive (193057); founded the first girls' basketball clinic and camp in the Southwest; coach of the Decade (1930s, 1940s, 1960s) by Jim Thorpe Athletic Awards Committee (1974). Member of FIBA Technical Commission (194856); President of Hungarian Basketball Federation (1954); member of FIBA Central Board (1956); member of FIBA Commission of Finances and Amateurism (196080), Public Relations Director (BAA/NBA; 194651); Public Relations Director (, Executive Secretary of Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (194757); Secretary of National Basketball Rules Committee (195877); executive director of the. Below,. Hondo ', legendary basketball athlete, ' Sixth Man ' star for the title-winning Boston Celtics, then star forward as starter. Team New York City high schools have produced at least 211 N.B.A. He prefers to give credit to his players even if they give plenty of it to him. Craig Kimbrel (17 WAR) Some of these players are absolutely getting in. Robert L. Douglas, inducted in 1972, was the founder and owner of the New York Renaissance, inducted in 1963. Laura Holloway Carter was a member of the 1983 Muskogee High School slowpitch softball state championship and was inducted into the MHS Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. Players must have been retired for at least three years before becoming eligible. Last Game : May 3, 1998 Comments. The Oldest Living Major League Baseball Players The 500 oldest living baseball players appears below in order from oldest to youngest. He was a six-time All-Star with bum knees who glided into the Hall . We just tried to go out there and win.. She was a member of the NCAA National Champion Connecticut Huskies (1995). The BBWAA selected Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew while the Veterans Committee voted in Rick Ferrell and Pee Wee Reese. Williams is currently the assistant coach for the WNBAs New York Liberty. Follow. He would sit and play cards with us on the train. Central Conference leading scorer, 1931, 1932, 1933, Metropolitan Basketball League championship with Brooklyn, 1922, 1924, 1925, State championships with Franklin High School, 192022. Had the Lakers 1948 championship counted in NBA lore, Kundla would have two three-peats. Since the start of 2020, 10 Baseball Hall of Famers, including Hank Aaron and many others from Mays' playing days, have passed away. Joe McCarthy - 90 years, 267 days. AP . 'The Harrisburg Houdini ', star ballhandling guard of the late 1940s and early 1950s. Kundla said it doesnt matter to him that he has just five titles listed in the record book. Robert Parishs nickname, The Chief, was given to him by fellow Celtics teammate Cedric Maxwell. Position: Center Fielder. 2 AAU Most Valuable Player. Lil Abner ', remarkably tough 6' 5 forward, played college ball at Kentucky, star for the St. Louis Hawks, helped them win 1958 NBA title. MLB Players That Died in 2021. Eder Jofre (7-2-4, 50 KOs) is a former two-division champion in the 1960s and '70s who is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Of course, he wouldnt call them that. Eight coached the U.S. national team, while the other four coached foreign national teams. Schoendienst is the only living Hall of Fame player that old. Ten of the inducted coaches are women: L. Margaret Wade (1985), Jody Conradt (1998), Pat Head Summitt (2000), Sandra Kay Yow (2002), Sue Gunter (2005), Cathy Rush (2008), C. Vivian Stringer (2009), Tara VanDerveer (2011), Alexeeva (2012), and Sylvia Hatchell (2013). Earl The Pearl ', playground legend from Philadelphia, then crowd pleasing / scoring star for Baltimore Bullets and New York Knickerbockers. I say I look like a million bucks. 169: 1.33: Sports: Apr 23, 2011: MLB championship dynasties. From 1956 to 1973, Aparicio played as a shortstop, mostly for the Chicago White Sox, but also for the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. 6x NBA All-Star (1957, 1961-1965) 4x All-NBA Second Team (1961-1964), 1957 NBA Rookie Of The Year Consensus First Team NCAA All-American (1956), 2x National College Player Of The Year (1969, 1970), 3x Consensus NCAA First Team All-American (1968-1970). *Whitey Herzog - 91 years. Hall of Famers. Kundla always signs while his son Jim helps him out with the paperwork. Star guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. Dutch Lonborg, inducted in 1973, was team manager for the 1960 U.S. men's Olympic team that was also inducted as a unit in 2010. Minneapolis Lakers coach John Kundla, top, is hoisted up by players and carried to their dressing room April 25, 1952, after beating the New York Knickerbockers 82-65 to win their fourth NBA basketball championship in five years. Tom Heinsohn, Clyde . 1. As part of the inaugural class of 1959, three coaches were inducted (Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, Henry Clifford Carlson and Walter E. Meanwell); in total, 100 coaches have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. He was to become became one of just five players from the state of New Jersey to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Odds-defying star big man at Kentucky, then for ABA Kentucky Colonels, then for ABA/NBA Denver Nuggets in lengthy playing career. Tom Connolly - 90 years, 247 days. 10 Most Expensive Basketball Cards Ever Sold Of course, with that much success, there is a whole roster full of Hall of Famers. Kundla generally was complimentary about what he saw in Game 1. 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Star shooting guard from small college in North Carolina. Of the inducted players, 30 were also members of teams that have been inducted into the Hall as units. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Jones most notable attribute as a professional basketball player is that he is one of the oldest players in the games history, retiring at the age of 41. Prior to Five-Star, he started High School Basketball Illustrated in 1965, the first high school scouting report. 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