# 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.

*American basketball player and coach (1908-1970)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1908-06-09
- **Died:** 1970-06-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 41.0
- **Momentum:** 1.1

## Sources
- [Branch McCracken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_McCracken)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3643617)

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