| 1930 | All-American basketball player at Purdue |
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| 1931 | All-American basketball player at Purdue |
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| 1932 | All-American basketball player at Purdue |
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| College Basketball "Player of the Year" |
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| Big Ten Conference Medal for Proficiency in Scholarship and Athletics |
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| 1943 | All-Time All-American Basketball team, Helms Athletic Foundation |
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| 1960 | Inducted to the National Basketball Hall of Fame, as a player |
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| 1964 | Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, First Group |
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| California "Father of the Year" |
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| NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1967 | NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1969 | NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1970 | The Sporting News "Sports' Man of the Year" |
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| NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1971 | Friar's Club "Coach of the Century" |
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| 1972 | Inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame, as a coach (first person inducted in more than one category) |
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| NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1973 | Sports Illustrated "Sports' Man of the Year" |
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| UCLA Honorary "Alumnus of the Year" |
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| Whitney M. Young, Jr., National Urban League Memorial Award for Humanitarianism |
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| Campbell College "Honorary Doctorate of Humanities" |
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| NCAA College Basketball "Coach of the Year" |
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| 1974 | First Annual Dr. James Naismith Peach Basket Award for outstanding contributions to basketball |
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| First Annual National Layman's Leadership Institute Velvet Covered Brick Award for Christian Leadership |
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| First John Bunn Hall of Fame Service Award |
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| California "Grandfather of the Year" Award by National Father's Day Committee |
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| 1975 | California Sports Father of the Year Award |
