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A fact from Bill Putnam (basketball) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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... that Bill Putnam was an All-American and co-captain on the first UCLA team to win a basketball championship? Source: "Bill Putnam, U.C.L.A. guard, notched a defense spot on the all-collegiate second team" Los Angeles Times, "Putnam...was co-captain with Bill Rankin on the 1944-45 team that won the Bruins' first Pacific Coast Conference championship" The Manhattan Mercury, "This is the first time in the history of the Westwood institution that the Bruins have won a basketball championship" The Sacramento Bee