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John Kundla

1916 - 2017

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John Albert Kundla (July 3, 1916 – July 23, 2017) was an American college and professional basketball coach. He was the first head coach for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its predecessors, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL), serving 12 seasons, from 1947 to 1959. His teams won six league championships, one in the NBL, one in the BAA, and four in the NBA. Kundla was the head basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul for one season in 1946–47, and at the University of Minnesota for ten seasons, from 1959 to 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Kundla is the 206th most popular basketball player (down from 158th in 2019), the 9,520th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,832nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among basketball players, John Kundla ranks 206 out of 1,757. Before him are Sergio Scariolo, Dick Barnett, Mike Miller, Ray Allen, Russell Westbrook, and Ivan Edeshko. After him are Alex Len, Juan Carlos Navarro, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Roberto Lovera, Anatoli Polivoda, and Vince Carter.

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Among people born in 1916, John Kundla ranks 266. Before him are Lidia Wysocka, Richard K. Guy, I. J. Good, Rupert Davies, Roger Apéry, and Iva Toguri D'Aquino. After him are Günther Ortmann, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Clare Dennis, Albert Hyzler, Óscar Cristi, and Jeannette Campbell. Among people deceased in 2017, John Kundla ranks 487. Before him are John Nicholson, August Ames, Margit Schumann, Valery Bolotov, Gunnar Birkerts, and Walter Lassally. After him are Nikos Koundouros, Dudley Storey, Jan Szczepański, Luis Garisto, Jeffrey Tate, and Henri Emmanuelli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Kundla ranks 9,522 out of 20,380. Before him are Bebel Gilberto (1966), David Canary (1938), Nunnally Johnson (1897), Heidi Montag (1986), Kelly Marie Tran (1989), and Blind Willie McTell (1898). After him are Carleton S. Coon (1904), Jo Stafford (1917), Lee Arenberg (1962), William C. Gorgas (1854), James Dashner (1972), and Laura Ramsey (1982).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, John Kundla ranks 121. Before him are Walt Bellamy (1939), James Worthy (1961), Dick Barnett (1936), Mike Miller (1980), Ray Allen (1975), and Russell Westbrook (1988). After him are Vince Carter (1977), Hal Greer (1936), Chris Paul (1985), Rick Carlisle (1959), Tom Heinsohn (1934), and Gail Goodrich (1943).

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