Walter Meanwell
{{Short description|British basketball coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Walter Meanwell
| image = Walter Meanwell.jpg
| alt =
| caption = University of Wisconsin photo
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1884|1|26}}
| birth_place = Leeds, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1953|12|2|1884|1|26}}
| death_place = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 =
| player_team1 =
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1911–1917
| coach_team1 = Wisconsin
| coach_years2 = 1917–1918
| coach_team2 = Missouri
| coach_years3 = 1919–1920
| coach_team3 = Missouri
| coach_years4 = 1920–1934
| coach_team4 = Wisconsin
| admin_years1 = 1919–1920
| admin_team1 = Missouri
| admin_years2 = 1933–1935
| admin_team2 = Wisconsin
| overall_record = 280–101
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 3 Helms National (1912, 1914, 1916)
3 Premo-Porretta National (1912, 1914, 1916)
2 MVC (1918, 1920)
8 Western Conference / Big Ten (1912–1914, 1916, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
| BASKHOF_year = 1959
| BASKHOF_id = walter-meanwell
| CBBASKHOF_year = 2006
}}
Walter E. Meanwell (26 January 1884 – 2 December 1953) was an English college men's basketball coach in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. The Leeds, England native coached in the U.S. for the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1911–1917, 1920–1934) and the University of Missouri (1918–1920) to an overall record of 290–101.
Meanwell became the fourth basketball coach in University of Wisconsin–Madison history in 1911. After earning a doctorate degree in 1915, he was nicknamed "Doc" or "Little Doc" (due to his 5'6" frame). During World War I era, he served in the United States Army Medical Corps and became a captain. After a two-year stint at University of Missouri, Meanwell was back at Wisconsin. The Badgers won or shared four Big Ten titles under his guidance (1921, 1923–24, 1929). His 1912, 1914, and 1916 Wisconsin teams were retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|pages=532–33|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}} Meanwell taught a style of game that featured short passing, crisscross dribbles and a tight zone defense. In 1934 he retired from coaching and practiced medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, until his death. He was inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959.
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wisconsin Badgers
| conference = Western Conference
| startyear = 1911
| endyear = 1917
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1911–12
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 15–0
| conference = 12–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Helms National Champions, Premo-Porretta National Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1912–13
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 14–1
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1913–14
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 15–0
| conference = 12–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Helms National Champions, Premo-Porretta National Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1914–15
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 13–4
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1915–16
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 20–1
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = Helms National Champions, Premo-Porretta National Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1916–17
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 15–3
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Missouri Tigers
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1917
| endyear = 1918
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1917–18
| name = Missouri
| overall = 17–1
| conference = 15–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Missouri Tigers
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1919
| endyear = 1920
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1919–20
| name = Missouri
| overall = 17–1
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Missouri
| overall = 34–2
| confrecord = 32–2
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wisconsin Badgers
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1920
| endyear = 1934
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1920–21
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 13–4
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1921–22
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 14–5
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1922–23
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 12–3
| conference = 11–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1923–24
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 11–5
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1924–25
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 6–11
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1925–26
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 8–9
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1926–27
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 10–7
| conference = 7–5
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1927–28
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 13–4
| conference = 9–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1928–29
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 15–2
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1929–30
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 15–2
| conference = 8–2
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1930–31
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 8–9
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1931–32
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 8–10
| conference = 3–9
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1932–33
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 7–13
| conference = 4–8
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1933–34
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 14–6
| conference = 8–4
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wisconsin
| overall = 246–99
| confrecord = 158–80
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 280–101
}}
References
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External links
- {{Basketballhof|walter-meanwell}}
- {{Find a Grave|86643141}}
- {{cite web | url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED129814.pdf | title=The First Sports Medicine Books in English | last=Ryan | first=Allan J. | date=January 1976 | accessdate=22 May 2021 }}
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