1. John Miles Ecker was born on October 12,1948 and is a German-American former basketball player and coach.
12 Facts About John Ecker
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John Ecker played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins under Coach John Wooden, winning three straight national championships from 1969 through 1971.
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John Ecker is married to German Olympic gold-medal winner Heide John Ecker-Rosendahl.
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John Ecker was named to the All-Western League First Team along with fellow senior teammate Bill Seibert.
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John Ecker is one of 14 players who won three National Collegiate Athletic Association titles at UCLA under Coach John Wooden.
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John Ecker was joined in the lineup by Seibert, his former high school teammate.
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John Ecker joined teammate Andy Hill, who was a former high school teammate, in requesting Wooden to cancel practice to support of the antiwar effort, but the coach refused.
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John Ecker had entered the game for a jump ball with 16 seconds left after Sidney Wicks had fouled out, and controlled the tip before making the winning shot.
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John Ecker interrogated Ecker, Hill, and Terry Schofield, advising them to transfer from UCLA if they agreed with Seibert, but all three players insisted that they wished to stay.
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John Ecker played in Germany for TuS 04 Leverkusen from 1971 though 1983.
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John Ecker briefly returned to the US for 15 months starting in 1974, when he served as an assistant coach with UCLA.
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John Ecker met his wife, Heide Rosendahl, in 1971 on his third day in Leverkusen.