Warren Womble
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John Warren Womble, Jr. (March 15, 1920 – March 21, 2015) was an American
Peoria Cats, a National Industrial Basketball League (NIBL) team, located in Peoria, Illinois, and the head coach of the 1952 United States men's Olympic basketball team.[1][2]
Early life
Born in
Denver, Colorado
, in 1948.
Coaching career
Club coaching career
At the
Bartlesville Phillips 66ers, for the most wins in the National Industrial Basketball League
(14–10 overall record), in 1954. Womble would later go on to serve as the first director of the National Industrial Basketball League.
National team coaching career
In international competition, Womble had an unbelievable 34–0 record against some of the best international competition in the world. In 1952, Womble's
Soviet Union in the final of the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympics
, by a score of 36–25, to win the gold medal.
Womble also coached the USA national team that won the gold medal at the
Brazil
, by a score of 90–36, to win the gold medal.
Honors
- Womble was named to the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame.
- Womble was named to the Oklahoma Athletic Hall of Fame, in 1977.
- Womble was inducted into the Southeastern Athletic Hall of Fame, on February 18, 1978.[3]
Personal life
Womble served in the
Caterpillar Corporation, until he retired in 1985.[4] Womble died on March 21, 2015, at the age of 95, in Springdale, Arkansas.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "John Warren Womble Jr., 95". The Wire. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ Games of the XVth Olympiad -- 1952.
- ^ "Warren Womble". Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ John Womble Jr.
- ^ Legendary Cats coach Warren Womble dies at the age of 95.
- ^ John Womble Jr.
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