Cat Wooden

Maurice Leroy "Cat" Wooden


Born:
November 22, 1907
Hall, IN

Died:
July 31, 1985
Riverside, CA


Career
1924-25 Martinsville High School - Indiana (High School)
1925-26 Franklin - Indiana (College) Freshmen
1926-27 Franklin - Indiana (College)
1928-29 Franklin - Indiana (College)
1929-30 Franklin - Indiana (College)
1931-32 Danville All-Stars - Indiana (Independent)
Versailles High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
Holton High School - Indiana (High School) Head coach
1933-34 Indianapolis Kautskys (Independent)
1934-35 Indianapolis Kautskys (Independent)
1934-35 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1935-36 Indianapolis Kautskys (MBC)
1935-36 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1936-37 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1937-38 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1938-39 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1939-40 Ben Davis High School - Indianapolis (High School) Head coach
1941-42 New Mexico State Teachers College (College) Head coach - Currently WNMU

The older brother of legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, Maurice and his brother played on the Kautskys before Maurice went into coaching. After a few years at Ben Davis, he took the head coaching job at New Mexico TC, now known as Western New Mexico University. He, like his brother, eventually wound up in California, with Maurice working as an offical in high school and college basketball games.

"Cat" died in 1985 in Riverside, California

Source:
Alexandria (Indiana) Times-Tribune, February 9, 1939


Stats:
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/cat-wooden/