Happy Birthday! November Celebration Dates for A-As & Hall of Fame Coaches

November 1st, 2023 - 9:57

Six days in November (2nd/3rd/13th/21st/24th/25th) each had six NCAA Division I All-Americans born on that date. Two All-Americans for North Carolina (Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson/3rd), Boston College (Troy Bell and Craig Smith/10th) and Kentucky (Jamal Mashburn and Julius Randle/29th) were born on the same day this month. UK and Michigan each contributed the most A-As born in November with five. Oregon had four All-Americans born the first half of month while Marquette had four the second half of month. Following are A-As and Hall of Fame coaches born in November:

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1: All-Americans Joe Caldwell (1941/Arizona State), David "Corky" Calhoun (1950/Penn) and Johnny Cox (1936/Kentucky).
2: All-Americans Keith "Mister" Jennings (1968/East Tennessee State), Ted Kitchel (1959/Indiana), Ron Lee (1952/Oregon), Oscar "Sonny" Olson (1917/Carleton MN), Myer "Whitey" Skoog (1926/Minnesota) and Tom Thacker (1939/Cincinnati).
3: All-Americans Tyler Hansbrough (1985/North Carolina), Steve Johnson (1957/Oregon State), Ty Lawson (1987/North Carolina), Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (2000/Villanova), Dick Triptow (1922/DePaul) and George Yardley (1928/Stanford).
4: All-Americans Trevon Bluiett (1994/Xavier), Dick Groat (1930/Duke), Gene Rock (1921/Southern California), George Stanich (1928/UCLA) and Lorenzen Wright (1975/Memphis).
5: All-Americans Jerry Stackhouse (1974/North Carolina), Bill Walton (1952/UCLA) and Mark West (1960/Old Dominion).
6: All-Americans Luke Jackson (1981/Oregon) and Jack Murdock (1934/Wake Forest).
7: All-American Tony Jackson (1942/St. John's).
8: All-Americans Don Hennon (1937/Pittsburgh), Chester "Chet" Jaworski (1916/Rhode Island State), Brevin Knight (1975/Stanford) and Tom "Satch" Sanders (1938/NYU) plus Hall of Fame coach Frank McGuire (1913/St. John's, North Carolina and South Carolina).
9: All-Americans Mel Davis (1950/St. John's), John Dick (1918/Oregon) and Frank Selvy (1932/Furman).
10: All-Americans Darryl "D.J." Augustin (1987/Texas), Troy Bell (1980/Boston College), Barry Kramer (1942/NYU), Jacob Pullen (1989/Kansas State) and Craig Smith (1983/Boston College).
11: All-Americans Richie Fuqua (1950/Oral Roberts) and Andre Woolridge (1973/Iowa).
12: All-Americans Paolo Banchero (2002/Duke) and Trey Burke (1992/Michigan).
13: All-Americans Ron Artest (1979/St. John's), Forrest "Whitey" Baccus (1911/Southern Methodist), Gene Brown (1935/San Francisco), Rumeal Robinson (1966/Michigan), Scott Steagall (1929/Millikin IL) and Rich Yunkus (1949/Georgia Tech) plus Hall of Fame coach Roland "Rollie" Massimino (1934/Stony Brook, Villanova, UNLV and Cleveland State).
14: All-Americans Wally Borrevik (1921/Oregon), Jason Gardner (1980/Arizona), Simmie Hill (1946/West Texas State) and Lionel Simmons (1968/La Salle).
15: All-American Karl-Anthony Towns (1995/Kentucky).
16: All-Americans Art Bunte (1933/Utah) and Denzel Valentine (1993/Michigan State).
17: All-Americans Elvin Hayes (1945/Houston), Terry Rand (1934/Marquette), Glen Smith (1928/Utah) and Steve Stipanovich (1960/Missouri) plus Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim (1944/Syracuse).
18: All-Americans Irv Bemoras (1930/Illinois), Len Bias (1963/Maryland), Julius Hodge (1983/North Carolina State), Don Lofgran (1928/San Francisco) and Richard "Buzz" Wilkinson (1932/Virginia) plus Hall of Fame coach Forrest "Phog" Allen (1885/Kansas).
19: All-Americans Justin Anderson (1993/Virginia) and Kenneth Faried (1989/Morehead State).
20: All-Americans Carlos Boozer (1981/Duke), Louie Dampier (1944/Kentucky), Howard Engleman (1919/Kansas) and Phil Sellers (1953/Rutgers).
21: All-Americans Terry Dischinger (1940/Purdue), John Lucas III (1982/Oklahoma State), Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell (1955/UNC Charlotte), Earl "The Pearl" Monroe (1944/Winston-Salem State), Miles Simon (1975/Arizona) and Stromile Swift (1979/Louisiana State).
22: All-Americans Benoit Benjamin (1964/Creighton), Byron Houston (1969/Oklahoma State) and Mel Hutchins (1928/Brigham Young).
23: All-Americans Steve Alford (1964/Indiana), Frank Johnson (1958/Wake Forest), Malik Rose (1974/Drexel), Andrew Toney (1957/Southwestern Louisiana) and Lloyd Walton (1953/Marquette).
24: All-Americans Henry Bibby (1949/UCLA), Dave Bing (1943/Syracuse), Jimmy Collins (1946/New Mexico State), John Horan (1932/Dayton), Oscar Robertson (1938/Cincinnati) and Rudy Tomjanovich (1948/Michigan).
25: All-Americans Chris Carrawell (1977/Duke), Lorenzo Charles (1963/North Carolina State), Hunter Dickinson (2000/Michigan, Jared Jeffries (1981/Indiana), Bob Kessler (1914/Purdue) and Anthony Peeler (1969/Missouri).
26: All-Americans Kresimir Cosic (1948/Brigham Young) and Luther Head (1982/Illinois).
27: All-Americans Brendan Haywood (1979/North Carolina), Jim Price (1949/Louisville) and Nick Van Exel (1971/Cincinnati).
28: All-Americans Andrew Bogut (1984/Utah), Don Collins (1958/Washington State) and Roy Tarpley (1964/Michigan).
29: All-Americans Don "Red" Goldstein (1938/Louisville), Jamal Mashburn (1972/Kentucky), Julius Randle (1994/Kentucky), Charles E. Smith IV (1967/Georgetown) and George Thompson (1947/Marquette).
30: All-Americans Jim Chones (1949/Marquette), Tom Kondla (1946/Minnesota), Paul Westphal (1950/Southern California) and Grant Williams (1998/Tennessee) plus Hall of Fame coach Joe B. Hall (1928/Kentucky).

Happy Birthday! November Celebration Dates for A-As & Hall of Fame Coaches

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