1888 - 1959
Lon Jourdet American Basketball
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Details
| Birthday |
12th September, 1888
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| Birthplace |
Frenchtown, Pennsylvania
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| Died |
31st August, 1959
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| Place of Death |
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Basketball
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Lon Walter Jourdet (September 12, 1888 – August 31, 1959) was the head men's basketball coach for the University of Pennsylvania from 1914–1920 and then again from 1930–1943. He is credited with inventing an early version of the zone defense used in modern basketball. During his coaching career, he amassed an overall record of 226 wins and 143 losses. His 1919–20 team finished the season with a 21–1 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. Jourdet's win total was the highest in Penn men's basketball history until Fran Dunphy surpassed him in 2001–02, and his seven conference titles are second to Dunphy's 10.
