Something special about the first: How ’64 Bruins made John Wooden

Something special about the first: How ’64 Bruins made John Wooden

If death had granted him a moment’s reprieve to convey the sentiment, John Wooden would have declared his passing on June 4, 2010, at age 99, as a joyous transit. After the loss of his wife of 53 years, Nell, in March of 1985, the old UCLA coach came to regard life as essentially time to bide until he might be with her again. He had encamped with Nell at the Final Four, first as a conquering coach and then as a conventioneering one; but without her he couldn’t bring himself even to go.

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