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People of Note - Obituaries
GenealogyBuff.com - Jack Donohue, Architect of Canadian Basketball
Posted By: GenealogyBuff.com
Date: Friday, 9 September 2016, at 3:39 p.m.
System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Jack Donohue, Architect of Canadian Basketball
June 4, 1931 – April 16, 2003
Jack Donohue, who was the architect of the Canadian basketball program and coached such famous players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in high school, has died of cancer in Ottawa at the age 70 years.
He served as head coach of the Canadian men's basketball team for 17 years and was the longest-serving head coach in amateur or professional sports in Canada. He led the team to the Olympics four times and won the gold medal at the 1983 World University Games in Edmonton.
He led the Canadian basketball team to a fourth-place finish at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. He was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame and retired from coaching in 1988.
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