John Oldham (basketball)

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John Oldham
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Personal information
Born	(1923-06-22) June 22, 1923 Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Hartford (Hartford, Kentucky)
College	Western Kentucky (1942–1943, 1946–1949)
NBA draft	1949 / Round: 2
Selected by the Fort Wayne Pistons
Pro playing career	1949–1951
Career history
1949–1951	Fort Wayne Pistons
Career NBA statistics
Points	926 (7.3 ppg)
Rebounds	242 (3.6 rpg)
Assists	226 (1.8 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

John Oldham (born June 22, 1923) is a former college player, athletic director and basketball coach who gave the idea of Western Kentucky University's "Red Towel" logo, an iconic towel used by former coach Edgar Diddle.

As a player at Western Kentucky, Oldham was a United Press and Associated Press All-American in 1949. He scored 1,006 points in his collegiate career. He later played for the Fort Wayne Pistons of the National Basketball Association.^[1]

Oldham coached Western Kentucky's basketball team from 1964 to 1971, taking over for Diddle who retired in 1964. Oldham finished 146-41 with a 78% winning percentage, leading them to four NCAA tournaments and an NIT berth while establishing the Hilltopper's place atop the Ohio Valley Conference standings.

He led the Hilltoppers to the 1971 NCAA Tournament where they went to the Final Four and finished third overall (though years later the NCAA vacated their finish due to allegations that one of their players, Jim McDaniels, had signed with a professional agent prior to the end of the season).

On December 27, 2012, WKU honored Oldham in a pregame ceremony in which the court at EA Diddle Arena was christened "John Oldham Court."^[2] Oldham was a player, assistant and head men's basketball coach, and athletic director during his time at WKU.^[3]

References

v t e 1949 BAA Draft

Territorial pick	Vern Mikkelsen Ed Macauley

First round	Howie Shannon Alex Groza Bob Harris Tony Lavelli Vern Gardner Ron Livingstone Dick McGuire Wallace Jones Jack Kerris Frank Saul

Second round	George Kaftan Ralph Beard Harry Donovan Leo Barnhorst John Oldham Jim Nolan Jack Coleman Johnny Orr Red Owens

v t e Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Putty Overall (1924–1925) No records available (1925–1926) Putty Overall (1926–1947) Hooper Eblen (1947–1948) Raymond Brown (1948–1955) John Oldham (1955–1964) Kenny Sidwell (1964–1969) Connie Inman (1969–1976) Cliff Malpass (1976–1980) Tom Deaton (1980–1988) Frank Harrell (1988–1998) Jeff Lebo (1998–2002) Mike Sutton (2002–2011) Steve Payne (2011– )

WKU Hilltoppers basketball head coaches

J. L. Arthur (1914–1916)
No team (1916–1921)
L. T. Smith (1921–1922)
Edgar Diddle (1922–1964)
John Oldham (1964–1971)
Jim Richards (1971–1978)
Gene Keady (1978–1980)
Clem Haskins (1980–1986)
Murray Arnold (1986–1990)
Ralph Willard (1990–1994)
Matt Kilcullen (1994–1997)
Ron Brown & Al Seibert # (1997)
Dennis Felton (1998–2003)
Darrin Horn (2003–2008)
Ken McDonald (2008–2012)
Ray Harper (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Oldham, John
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball playerand coach
Date of birth	June 22, 1923
Place of birth	Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death

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