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James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball
16-Apr-1947   NBA records for most minutes, most points
Marv Albert
Sports Figure
12-Jun-1941   Yessssssss!
Phog Allen
Basketball
18-Nov-1885 16-Sep-1974 KU Head Coach, 1919-56
Nate Archibald
Basketball
2-Sep-1948   NBA Hall of Famer
Paul Arizin
Basketball
9-Mar-1928 12-Dec-2006 Philadelphia Warriors
Red Auerbach
Basketball
20-Sep-1917 28-Oct-2006 Boston Celtics coach
Charles Barkley
Basketball
20-Feb-1963   NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Rick Barry
Basketball
28-Mar-1944   NBA Hall of Famer
Elgin Baylor
Basketball
16-Sep-1934   Los Angeles Lakers forward
Walt Bellamy
Basketball
24-Jul-1939   NBA Hall of Famer
Dave Bing
Basketball
24-Nov-1943   NBA Hall of Famer, Detroit mayor
Larry Bird
Basketball
7-Dec-1956   Boston Celtics
Jim Boeheim
Basketball
17-Nov-1944   Syracuse Head Coach
Bill Bradley
Politician
28-Jul-1943   US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97
Hubie Brown
Basketball
25-Sep-1933   NBA Analyst, former head coach
Larry Brown
Basketball
14-Sep-1940   NBA and NCAA Coach
Jerry Buss
Business
15-Jun-1934   Owner, Los Angeles Lakers
Jim Calhoun
Basketball
10-May-1942   UConn Head Coach
Lou Carnesecca
Basketball
5-Jan-1925   Longtime coach, St. John's University
Pete Carril
Basketball
10-Jul-1930   Princeton Head Coach, 1967-96
Al Cervi
Basketball
12-Feb-1917 9-Nov-2009 NBA Hall of Famer
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball
21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
John Chaney
Basketball
21-Jan-1932   Temple Head Coach, 1982-2006
Bob Cousy
Basketball
9-Aug-1928   Boston Celtics guard
Dave Cowens
Basketball
25-Oct-1948   NBA Hall of Famer
Denny Crum
Basketball
2-Mar-1937   Louisville Head Coach, 1971-2001
Billy Cunningham
Basketball
3-Jun-1943   The Kangaroo Kid
Chuck Daly
Basketball
20-Jul-1930 9-May-2009 Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons
Adrian Dantley
Basketball
28-Feb-1956   Former NBA small forward
Bob Davies
Basketball
15-Jan-1920 22-Apr-1990 Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer
Dave DeBusschere
Basketball
16-Oct-1940 14-May-2003 NBA Hall of Famer
Clyde Drexler
Basketball
22-Jun-1962   NBA Hall of Famer
Joe Dumars
Basketball
24-May-1963   NBA Hall of Famer
Wayne Embry
Basketball
26-Mar-1937   NBA General Manager
Julius Erving
Basketball
22-Feb-1950   Forward, Philadelphia 76ers
Patrick Ewing
Basketball
5-Aug-1962   New York Knicks, 1986-2000
Walt Frazier
Basketball
29-Mar-1945   New York Knicks hall of famer
Joe Fulks
Basketball
26-Oct-1921 21-Mar-1976 Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game
George Gervin
Basketball
27-Apr-1952   The Iceman
Artis Gilmore
Basketball
21-Sep-1948   Former NBA center
Tom Gola
Basketball
13-Jan-1933   NBA Hall of Famer
Gail Goodrich
Basketball
23-Apr-1943   NBA Hall of Famer
Hal Greer
Basketball
26-Jun-1936   NBA Hall of Famer
Alex Hannum
Basketball
19-Jul-1923 18-Jan-2002 NBA Hall of Famer
Don Haskins
Basketball
14-Mar-1930 7-Sep-2008 UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99
John Havlicek
Basketball
8-Apr-1940   Boston Celtic, Hall of Famer
Elvin Hayes
Basketball
17-Nov-1945   NBA Hall of Famer
Chick Hearn
Journalist
27-Nov-1916 5-Aug-2002 Legendary basketball announcer
Red Holzman
Basketball
10-Aug-1920 13-Nov-1998 NY Knicks Head Coach, 1957-82
Hank Iba
Basketball
6-Aug-1904 15-Jan-1993 Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70
Dan Issel
Basketball
25-Oct-1948   Nuggets Hall of Famer, Coach
Phil Jackson
Basketball
17-Sep-1945   Big Chief Triangle
Dennis Johnson
Basketball
18-Sep-1954 22-Feb-2007 Boston Celtics
Magic Johnson
Basketball
14-Aug-1959   Lakers star, AIDS spokesman
K. C. Jones
Basketball
25-May-1932   Boston Celtics
Sam Jones
Basketball
24-Jun-1933   Boston Celtic, Hall of Famer
Michael Jordan
Basketball
17-Feb-1963   God's gift to basketball, clearly
Bobby Knight
Basketball
25-Oct-1940   Coach of Texas Tech and Indiana U
Mike Krzyzewski
Basketball
13-Feb-1947   Duke Head Coach
John Kundla
Basketball
3-Jul-1916   Minneapolis Lakers Head Coach, 1948-59
Bob Kurland
Basketball
23-Dec-1924   First 7 ft. tall basketball star
Bob Lanier
Basketball
10-Sep-1948   NBA Hall-of-Famer
Joe Lapchick
Basketball
12-Apr-1900 10-Aug-1970 Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach
Meadowlark Lemon
Basketball
25-Apr-1932   Harlem Globetrotter
Nancy Lieberman
Basketball
1-Jul-1958   WNBA Hall of Famer
Jerry Lucas
Basketball
30-Mar-1940   NBA Hall of Famer
Hank Luisetti
Basketball
16-Jun-1916 17-Dec-2002 Invented one-handed shot
Karl Malone
Basketball
24-Jul-1963   Second-highest scorer in NBA history
Moses Malone
Basketball
23-Mar-1955   Philadelphia 76ers
Pete Maravich
Basketball
22-Jun-1947 5-Jan-1988 New Orleans Jazz shooter
Slater Martin
Basketball
22-Oct-1925   NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Bob McAdoo
Basketball
25-Sep-1951   NBA 1975 Most Valuable Player
Dick McGuire
Basketball
26-Jan-1926 3-Feb-2010 NBA Hall-of-Famer, New York Knicks
Frank McGuire
Basketball
8-Nov-1914 11-Nov-1994 NCAA Basketball Coach
Kevin McHale
Basketball
19-Dec-1957   Boston Celtic, Hall of Famer
Ann Meyers
Basketball
26-Mar-1955   General Manager, Phoenix Mercury
George Mikan
Basketball
18-Jun-1924 1-Jun-2005 Minneapolis Lakers center
Vern Mikkelsen
Basketball
21-Oct-1928   NBA Hall of Famer
Earl Monroe
Basketball
21-Nov-1944   Earl the Pearl
Calvin Murphy
Basketball
9-May-1948   NBA hall of famer
James Naismith
Basketball
6-Nov-1861 28-Nov-1939 Inventor of Basketball
Pete Newell
Basketball
3-Aug-1915 17-Nov-2008 Influential NCAA coach
Hakeem Olajuwon
Basketball
21-Jan-1963   Houston Rockets
Lute Olson
Basketball
22-Sep-1934   Head Coach, AZ Wildcats Basketball
Robert Parish
Basketball
30-Aug-1953   NBA Hall of Famer
Bob Pettit
Basketball
12-Dec-1932   St. Louis Hawks, twice NBA MVP
Scottie Pippen
Basketball
25-Sep-1965   Six-time NBA world champion
Jack Ramsay
Basketball
21-Feb-1925   Longtime NBA Coach
Willis Reed
Basketball
25-Jun-1942   NBA Hall of Famer
Pat Riley
Basketball
20-Mar-1945   Miami Heat coach
Oscar Robertson
Basketball
24-Nov-1938   NBA's Most Valuable Player 1964
David Robinson
Basketball
6-Aug-1965   San Antonio Spurs, 1995 MVP
Dennis Rodman
Basketball
13-May-1961   Eccentric ex-pro basketball player
Adolph Rupp
Basketball
2-Sep-1901 10-Dec-1977 Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72
Bill Russell
Basketball
12-Feb-1934   Boston Celtics, five time MVP
Dolph Schayes
Basketball
19-May-1928   NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Bill Sharman
Basketball
25-May-1926   Boston Celtics shooter
Dean Smith
Basketball
28-Feb-1931   UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Football
16-Aug-1862 17-Mar-1965 Mr. Football
John Stockton
Basketball
26-Mar-1962   Utah Jazz, 1984-2003
Chuck Taylor
Business
24-Jun-1901 23-Jun-1969 Chuck Taylor All-Stars Sneaker
John Thompson
Basketball
2-Sep-1941   Georgetown Head Coach, 1972-99
Nate Thurmond
Basketball
25-Jul-1941   NBA Hall of Famer
Jack Twyman
Basketball
11-May-1934 30-May-2012 Cincinnati Royals forward, NBA Hall-of-Famer
Wes Unseld
Basketball
14-Mar-1946   NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Dick Vitale
Sports Figure
9-Jun-1939   Highly excitable sportscaster
Jerry West
Basketball
28-May-1938   Los Angeles Lakers
Lenny Wilkens
Basketball
28-Oct-1937   Winningest coach in NBA history
Dominique Wilkins
Basketball
12-Jan-1960   NBA Hall of Famer
Roy Williams
Basketball
1-Aug-1950   Head Coach, UNC-Chapel Hill
Tex Winter
Basketball
25-Feb-1922   KSU Head Coach, 1953-68
John Wooden
Basketball
14-Oct-1910 4-Jun-2010 Winningest-ever college basketball coach


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