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{{Short description|American basketball and baseball player (1927–2019)}}
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'''John E. Wilson''' (1927 – January 11, 2019), popularly known as '''Jumpin' Johnny Wilson''', was an American basketball and baseball player. He gained his nickname for being the only player on his high school team able to [[Slam dunk|dunk]] the basketball.<ref name="Denny">Dick Denny, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=gM-Amw1pONsC&pg=PT32&lpg=PT32&dq="johnny+wilson" Glory Days Indiana: Legends of Indiana High School Basketball]''</ref>

==Playing career==

As a high school student in [[Anderson, Indiana]] at [[Anderson High School (Anderson, Indiana)|Anderson High School]], Anderson he captained the Indians basketball team and was named Indiana's Mr. Basketball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/trotters.html|title=All-Time Harlem Globetrotters Roster|website=www.apbr.org}}</ref> In the high school championship game in 1946, he scored 30 of his team's 67 points in its victory over [[Fort Wayne Central High School]], a record.<ref name="Denny" />

Wilson wished to attend [[Indiana University]] after he graduated in 1946, but was not recruited due to the Big Ten's unspoken policy of not recruiting African-American players. Instead, Wilson attended [[Anderson University (Indiana)|Anderson College]], where he quickly became a star player. During his three-year career at Anderson, Wilson earned eleven letters, was selected All-conference three times, team M.V.P. three times, named as an All-American twice, and once finished third in the nation in scoring. As of 2008, Wilson still held the school record for career scoring average, season scoring average, and field goal attempts in a game.<ref>Savannah Woods "[http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/peopleandplaces/local_story_058194423.html Jumpin' Johnny Wilson]", ''The Herald Bulletin'' (Anderson, Indiana), February 27, 2008.</ref>

After leaving Anderson College, Wilson played baseball for one year with the [[Chicago American Giants]] in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/wilson__johnny.html |title=Wilson, Johnny - Negro League Baseball Player |website=www.nlbpa.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030304162921/http://www.nlbpa.com/wilson__johnny.html |archive-date=2003-03-04}}</ref> before playing basketball for the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] from 1949 to 1954.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harlem Globetrotters all time roster |url=http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/alltime/ |accessdate=2009-12-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028062058/http://www.harlemglobetrotters.com/team/alltime/ |archivedate=2008-10-28 }}</ref><ref name="Haven">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lhup.edu/sports/havensports/athleticsTeams/mensBasketball/coachingStaff/c4.htm|title = Redirect to Lockhaven.edu}}</ref> Wilson later returned to [[Anderson University (Indiana)|Anderson College]] in 1970 to finish earning his bachelor's degree in education.

==Coaching career==

Wilson spent eight years at head basketball coach at Wood High School in Indianapolis, then sixteen years as head coach and athletic director at [[Malcolm X College]], compiling a 378-135 (.737) record. Afterwards, Wilson worked as an assistant coach for Anderson College and Anderson High School. Wilson was the assistant basketball coach at [[Lock Haven University]] aside his son John E. Wilson Jr.

Wilson Sr. later moved to Virginia until the time of his death on January 11, 2019.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite web |url=http://www.anderson.edu/athletics/hof/wilson.html |title=Johnny Wilson: Anderson University, a Christian College in Indiana |accessdate=2008-10-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820173315/http://anderson.edu/athletics/hof/wilson.html |archivedate=2008-08-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Benbow|first1=Dana Hunsinger|title=Jumpin' Johnny Wilson, who was oldest living Indiana Mr. Basketball, dies|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/01/12/jumpin-johnny-wilson-oldest-indiana-mr-basketball-dies/2555473002/|accessdate=January 12, 2019|work=[[Indianapolis Star]]|date=January 12, 2019}}</ref>

==Legacy==

Wilson was the subject of the book "Jump Johnny Jump!" written by [[Dick Burdette]].

Wilson was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame<ref name="Indiana">{{cite web |url=http://hoopshall.com/hall/w/john-wilson/ |title=Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame » John Wilson |website=hoopshall.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126031841/http://hoopshall.com/hall/w/john-wilson/ |archive-date=2010-11-26}}</ref> and the Anderson University Athletic Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1997.<ref name="Anderson" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://athletics.anderson.edu/hof/landing#:~:text=The%20Anderson%20University%20Athletic%20Hall,Meritorious%20service)%20to%20the%20University. |website=athletics.anderson.edu |access-date=10 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He was named one of Indiana's 50 best basketball players of all time.

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