# Clifford Carlson

> Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson was an American basketball coach and football player. He is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1922 to 1953. At Pitt he compiled a record of 367-247 record (.595). His 1927-28 team finished the season with a 21-0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation; Carlson's Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929-30 season as well. In addition, the 1927-28 team would be retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Carlson also led Pitt to the Final Four in 1941. As a student at the university, Carlson was also a First Team All-American end on Pitt's football team under coach "Pop" Warner. Carlson also lettered in basketball and baseball.

*American basketball player and coach (1894-1964)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1894-07-04
- **Died:** 1964-11-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson was an American basketball coach and football player. He is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the men's college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1922 to 1953. At Pitt he compiled a record of 367-247 record (.595). His 1927-28 team finished the season with a 21-0 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation; Carlson's Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 1929-30 season as well. In addition, the 1927-28 team would be retroactively listed as the top team of the season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Carlson also led Pitt to the Final Four in 1941. As a student at the university, Carlson was also a First Team All-American end on Pitt's football team under coach "Pop" Warner. Carlson also lettered in basketball and baseball.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 50.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Doc Carlson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Carlson)
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- [Doc Carlson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Carlson)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3680688)

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