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6/3/2010, 09:48 PM
Reports: Wooden, 99, in grave
ESPN.com news services
Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden has been hospitalized and is in grave condition, according to multiple media reports on Thursday.
Wooden, 99, is being treated at UCLA Medical Center. KCAL in Los Angeles first reported Wooden's hospitalization, and the Los Angeles Times confirmed it through school sources.
The former UCLA coach and Hall of Famer is confined to a wheelchair after a series of minor health setbacks in recent years. He was hospitalized briefly a month ago and spent weeks in the hospital a year ago being treated for pneumonia.
UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins tells The Associated Press that he spoke to a Wooden family member Thursday evening and that the family asked that no other information about Wooden be released.
Family members couldn't be reached for comment Thursday by the AP.
Wooden coached the Bruins from 1948-75 and won a record 10 national championships, including seven in a row. The Indiana native was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960 and as a coach in 1973. He has kept busy as a speaker and author since his retirement from UCLA in 1975.
ESPN.com news services
Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden has been hospitalized and is in grave condition, according to multiple media reports on Thursday.
Wooden, 99, is being treated at UCLA Medical Center. KCAL in Los Angeles first reported Wooden's hospitalization, and the Los Angeles Times confirmed it through school sources.
The former UCLA coach and Hall of Famer is confined to a wheelchair after a series of minor health setbacks in recent years. He was hospitalized briefly a month ago and spent weeks in the hospital a year ago being treated for pneumonia.
UCLA spokesman Marc Dellins tells The Associated Press that he spoke to a Wooden family member Thursday evening and that the family asked that no other information about Wooden be released.
Family members couldn't be reached for comment Thursday by the AP.
Wooden coached the Bruins from 1948-75 and won a record 10 national championships, including seven in a row. The Indiana native was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960 and as a coach in 1973. He has kept busy as a speaker and author since his retirement from UCLA in 1975.