Personal information | |
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Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. | August 12, 1922
Died | December 12, 1992 | (aged 70)
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | McClatchy (Sacramento, California) |
College | UCLA (1943–1945) |
Position | Guard |
Number | 20 |
Coaching career | 1946–1962 |
Career history | |
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1946–1962 | UCLA (assistant) |
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William Charles Putnam[1] (August 12, 1922 – December 12, 1992) was an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. He earned second-team All-American honors in 1945, when he helped lead the Bruins to their first basketball championship, winning the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) Southern Division title. Putnam was later an assistant coach and assistant athletic director at UCLA. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.