John Kundla NBA HOF'er Minneapolis Lakers Signed B/W 8x10 Photo W/COA

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John Albert Kundla (born July 3, 1916 - died
July 23, 2017)
is an American former college and professional basketball coach. He was the first head coach for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA), serving 11 seasons, from 1948 to 1959. His teams won five league championships, one in the BAA and four in the NBA. Kundla was the head basketball coach at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis for one season in 1946–47, and at the University of Minnesota for ten seasons, from 1959 to 1968. Kundla was voted as one of the 10 greatest coaches in the history of the NBA. In 11 years of coaching in the BAA/NBA, he had a record of 423–302 in the regular season and 60–35 in the playoffs. Kundla's 1947–48 NBL championship season team went 43–17 during the regular season with 14 more wins in the post-season, but does not count under official NBA records.
Kundla was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1995.
Mr. Kundla signed this photo at a Triple Crown Sports Collectibles Show in Minnesota.
Mr. Kundla was a friend and a frequent autograph guest of Triple Crown Sports Collectibles.
Mr. Kundla's autograph is warranted and guaranteed to be 100% authentic.
This photo comes with a COA from Triple Crown Sports Collectibles.   This photo is mailed out in a hard plastic top loader.