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CAL DILWORTH
 
Residence:  Southfield, Michigan
Birthday:  November 8
Final Fours Attended: (25) -- 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Member of the Hoop Historians since 2009

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Cal Dilworth has played organized basketball for sixty-plus years and still laces up the shoes today.  Cal is the the retired director of Detroit's Master's Sports and Recreation Program, a group he founded at age 50 and managed for twenty years.  Dilworth played with every Harlem basketball team from the Ambassadors to the Wizards from 1957-1966.  In the true spirit of being a Globetrotter, as a master's AAU player, Cal was selected to play for Team USA in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland and Slovenia.  Dilworth has been inducted into five different Hall of Fames and is the sponsor to an Endowed Basketball Scholarship at Wayne State University.  Cal has been a 25-year member of the  National Association of Basketball Coaches and has attended every Final Four since 1989.
 

Cal DIlworth NCAA Tournament Game Log      
               
Year  Round Games  Location   Year  Round Games  Location
1986  Final Four 3  Dallas, TX   1987  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA
1989  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA   1990  Final Four 3  Denver, CO
1991  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   1992  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN
1993  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA   1994  Final Four 3  Charlotte, NC
1995  Final Four 3  Seattle, WA   1996  Final Four 3  East Rutherford, NJ
1997  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN   1998  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX
1999  Final Four 3  St. Petersburg, FL   2000  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
2001  Final Four 3  Minneapolis, MN   2002  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA
2003  Final Four 3  New Orleans, LA   2004  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX
2005  Final Four 3  St. Louis, MO   2006  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN
2007  Final Four 3  Atlanta, GA   2008  Regional 2  Detroit, MI
2008  Final Four 3  San Antonio, TX   2009  Final Four 3  Detroit, MI
2010  Final Four 3  Indianapolis, IN       2011  Final Four 3  Houston, TX

Total NCAA Tournament Games: 77



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