Description
ASUCLA Communications Board, Published 1975. Wraps, 20 pp.; 28 cm; illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. Daily Bruin Special, dated June 6, 1975; Edmon J. Rodman, project coordinator; Anne Pautler, layout.
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In Very Good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers (Wooden on the UCLA track in a Bruins t-shirt) with mild shelf and edge wear and a hint of color loss along spine; rear cover mildly toned with a few stains and spots. Staple bound; binding tight. Mild toning and foxing to edges of first few pages; pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Special magazine issue of UCLA's student newspaper, published two months after John Wooden coached his last game, the 92-85 win over Kentucky that gave him his tenth NCAA title in twelve years. Student staff essays cover winning, strategy, the business of college sports and Wooden's relationships with his players. Co-sports editor Marc Dellins, later UCLA's longtime sports information director, describes sitting with Wooden in his San Diego hotel suite the night he announced his retirement. "The Business of Sports" is by Gary Knell, later CEO of Sesame Workshop, NPR and National Geographic. Former players including Willie Naulls, Rafer Johnson, Gail Goodrich, Fred Slaughter, Keith Erickson and Sidney Wicks give their recollections. Color center spread of the 1974-75 champions, framed by congratulatory advertisements from Westwood merchants; final page lists all ten championship seasons with lettermen and his 885-203 lifetime record. Photographs of Alcindor, Walton, Rowe, Meyers, Johnson, Washington and McCarter. ASUCLA Students' Store advertisement on rear cover. Contents: Beyond Winning; Winning; More to Wooden Than Just Winning; Strategy; A Game Plan That Worked; The Business of Sports; How to Succeed in Business; One-on-One; The Coach and His Players, The Man and His Friends; Wooden's 10 Championship Years.