Clifford Carlson
American basketball player and coach
Died when: 70 years 120 days (843 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson (July 4, 1894 – November 1, 1964) was an American basketball coach and football player.He 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.
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