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Branch McCracken

Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach (died 1970)

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Born
June 9, 1908
Died
June 4, 1970
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1908

About Branch McCracken

Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Ball State University from 1930 to 1938 and at Indiana University Bloomington from 1938 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1965. At Indiana, McCracken's Hoosiers won the NCAA Championship in 1940 and 1953. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960. McCracken's first Indiana team was led by All-American Ernie Andres. He won four regular season Big Ten titles and went to the NCAA tournament four times, winning two national titles.

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The world when Branch McCracken was born

Branch McCracken was born in 1908. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1908

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Crewe's Career" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win World Series
  • Top headlineFord Model T goes on sale — $850
  • Technology milestoneFord Model T — affordable automobile for the masses
  • Defining fadAutomobile craze
  • World population~1.68B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population87.4M

1908 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Branch McCracken's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19082026
Population87.4M341 million

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