Clifford Carlson
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 4, 1894 Murray City, Ohio |
| Died | November 1, 1964 (aged 70) Ligonier, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1915–1917 |
Pitt basketball Pitt football Pitt baseball |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1922–1953 | Pittsburgh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 367–248 (.597) |
| Tournaments | 1–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× Helms Athletic Foundation National Championship (1928, 1930) Premo-Porretta National Championship (1928) NCAA Final Four (1941) 4× Eastern Intercollegiate Conference Championship (1933–1935, 1937) |
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| Awards | |
| NABC Most Contributions to the Game (1948) | |
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Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 1959 |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
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Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson (July 4, 1894 – November 1, 1964) is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1922 to 1953. At Pitt he compiled a record of 367–247 record (.595). His 1927–28 team finished the season with a 21–0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll; Carlson's Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929–30 season as well. Carlson also led Pitt to the Final Four in 1941. As a student at the university, Carlson was also a First Team All-American end on Pitt's football team under coach "Pop" Warner. Carlson also lettered in basketball and baseball.
Carlson was born in Murray City, Ohio. He played high school football, basketball, and baseball (1910–1914) at Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. During his undergraduate years at the University of Pittsburgh (1914–1918) he earned three letters in basketball, two in baseball, four in football. He played on the 1916 Pitt football team that is widely regarded as that season's national champion and was selected as an All-American football player while playing for Pitt's undefeated 1917 team.
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