Henry Clifford Doc Carlson is a Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee as the mens college basketball coach of his alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh, from 1922 to 1953. At Pitt he compiled a record of 367247 record . His 192728 team finished the season with a 210 record and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the PremoPorretta Power Poll Carlsons Panthers would receive retroactive recognition as the Helms national champion for the 192930 season as well. Carlson also led Pitt to the Final Four in 1941. As a student at the university, Carlson was also a First Team AllAmerican end on Pitts football team under coach Pop Warner. Carlson also lettered in basketball and baseball.
Carlson was born in Murray City, Ohio. He played high school football, basketball, and baseball at Bellefonte Academy in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. During his undergraduate years at the University of Pittsburgh he earned three letters in basketball, two in baseball, four in football. He played on the 1916 Pitt football team that is widely regarded as that seasons national champion and was selected as an AllAmerican football player while playing for Pitts undefeated 1917 team.
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