John McLendon Autograph
John B. McLendon Jr. (April 5, 1915 – October 8, 1999) was an American basketball coach who is recognized as the first African American basketball coach at a predominantly white university and the first African American head coach in any professional sport. He was a major contributor to the development of modern basketball and coached on both the college and professional levels during his career. He has been enshrined three times in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and also inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. More about John McLendon
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McClendon was born in Hiawatha, Kansas. McLendon Jr. was part African American and part Delaware Indian from his mother's side. His mother died in the 1918 flu pandemic which would lead to the temporary break-up of his family. McClendon and his younger brother were sent to be with his Delaware Indian grandparents on a ranch near Trinidad, Colorado while his older sister was sent to be with an aunt in Omaha, Nebraska, and his younger sister was sent to be with other relatives, but would end up with a foster family on a ranch in Idaho. McClendon would not see his younger sister again for 45 years, but the rest of the family were reunited after his father remarried in 1921.
The family settled in Kansas City, Kansas, where McClendon would first go to Dunbar Elementary School and later Sumner High School. He became enamored with the sport of basketball while on a field trip from Dunbar Elementary to the new Northeast Junior High School in Kansas City, Kansas, where he saw his first official basketball court. He soon became an all-around athlete at Sumner High School and chose basketball as his favorite sport, although he failed to make the basketball team at Sumner. Instead, he lettered in gymnastics and was the basketball team manager. Read even more about John McLendon at Wikipedia
The family settled in Kansas City, Kansas, where McClendon would first go to Dunbar Elementary School and later Sumner High School. He became enamored with the sport of basketball while on a field trip from Dunbar Elementary to the new Northeast Junior High School in Kansas City, Kansas, where he saw his first official basketball court. He soon became an all-around athlete at Sumner High School and chose basketball as his favorite sport, although he failed to make the basketball team at Sumner. Instead, he lettered in gymnastics and was the basketball team manager. Read even more about John McLendon at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of John McLendon
In total, we tracked 27 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John McLendon (John McLendon signed Bio Sheet Basketball HOF D. 1999) was sold in March 2008 for $86.00 while the cheapest item (JOHN MCLENDON DECEASED BASKETBALL HOF SIGNED CARD) found a new owner for $1.29 in June 2010. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2010 with an average selling price of $8.74 for an autographed item of John McLendon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2008 with $86.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.23 was May 2010. In average, an autographed item from John McLendon is worth $18.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John McLendon were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John McLendon - Basketball Hall of Fame: Pioneer Black Coach - Signed Cover | $18.11 | |
| JOHN MCLENDON 1ST AFRICAN AMERICAN COACH JSA/HOLO SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO | $75.00 | |
| John McLendon Beautifully Autographed Signed 8x10 | $13.15 | |
| JOHN McLENDON HOF dec.1999 Beckett's authenticated signed auto 3x5 coach 1941-69 | $25.99 | |
| JOHN MCLENDON JR SIGNED Converse Basketball Clinic Adv. | $11.50 | |
| John McLendon Jr. Signed Index Card 3x5 Autographed HOF Denver 22874 | $27.95 | |
| John McLendon Jr. Signed Index Card PSA/DNA Certified Authentic Autograph *2840 | $19.00 | |
| John McLendon signed autograph 3x5 index card PSA/DNA | $55.00 | |
| John McLendon Signed Index Card AUTO PSA/DNA AUTHENTIC | $20.99 | |
| John McLendon Signed Index Card SGC Auto Autograph AU28169 | $19.00 | |
| PSA/DNA SIGNED CUT JOHN MCLENDON 7596 | $39.99 | |
| PSA/DNA SIGNED CUT JOHN MCLENDON JR I6849 | $34.99 | |
| PSA/DNA SIGNED INDEX CARD JOHN MCLENDON 6907 | $15.50 | |
| PSA/DNA SIGNED INDEX CARD JOHN MCLENDON 7589 | $14.00 | |
| Superb John McLendon First African American Basketball Coach Signed 8x10 w/COA | $20.00 | |