Adolph Rupp
Basketball Coach
1901 – 1977
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Who was Adolph Rupp?
Adolph Frederick Rupp was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is ranked 5th in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching. Rupp is also second among all men's college coaches in all-time winning percentage, trailing only Clair Bee. Adolph F. Rupp was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 1969.
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1901
Halstead - Spouses
- Esther Schmidt
( - 1977/12/10)
- Esther Schmidt
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Kansas
- Halstead High School
- Died
- Dec 10, 1977
Lexington
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on July 23, 2013
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