1. Ward Louis "Piggy" Lambert was an American basketball and baseball coach.
10 Facts About Ward Lambert
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Ward Lambert was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960.
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Ward Lambert played basketball and baseball at Crawfordsville High School and Wabash College, both under coach Ralph Jones, who himself went on to coach Purdue in 1909.
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Ward Lambert's teams were noted for their speed and effective use of fast breaks, which he developed.
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Ward Lambert coached 16 All-Americans and 31 first team All-Big Ten selections.
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Ward Lambert is third on Purdue's all-time wins list behind Gene Keady and current head coach Matt Painter.
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Ward Lambert coached Purdue's baseball team in 1917, from 1919 to 1935, and from 1945 to 1946.
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Ward Lambert was listed as a scout for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in 1948.
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Ward Lambert wrote Practical Basketball in 1932, one of the first "bibles" of the game.
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Ward Lambert was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1960 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.