Title created by cataloger. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; John Robert Wooden (1910-2010) was an American basketball coach and player. From 1964 to 1975 he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins, including a record seven in a row which earned him the nickname the "Wizard of Westwood". This remains an all-time record to this day. His most notable accomplishments while coaching UCLA was winning 88 NCAA basketball games back to back over the course of four seasons and 38 NCAA tournaments. Wooden was named national coach of the year seven times and won the Associated Press award five times due to Wooden's impressive winning streak with a 664-162 record. Wooden died of natural causes at age 99 on June 4, 2010 and is interred with his wife Nellie at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. Standing front row center from l-r: Assistant Coach Jerry Norman; Los Angeles County Supervisor (5th District) Warren Dorn; UCLA basketball coach John Wooden; and Councilman John Cassidy, who presents a resolution on behalf of Mayor Sam Yorty and the Los Angeles City Council congratulating coach Wooden and the 1963-1964 basketball team for winning their first NCAA National Championship. A dozen members of the UCLA basketball team make up the back row. The 1963-1964 team roster included: Steve Brucker, Chuck Darrow, Keith Erickson, Gail Goodrich, Kent Graham, Walt Hazzard, Jack Hirsch, Vaughn Hoffman, Mike Huggins, Rich Levin, Doug McIntosh, Fred Slaughter, Kim Stewart and Kenny Washington; all except for two are pictured here. This event took place on March 25, 1964, though the location is unknown. See images 00130039, and 00143670 through 00143673 for additional photos in this series.
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Norman, Jerry Dorn, Warren M Wooden, John,--1910-2010 Cassidy, John P Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.) UCLA Bruins (Basketball team) African American men Men City council members Basketball coaches Basketball players Basketball teams Basketball--Awards Basketball College students Award presentations Award winners Awards Resolutions Posing Smiling Los Angeles (Calif.)
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