Displayed is a 1950s Ohio State University instructor jacket worn by Fred Taylor, a legend at the University. He was a star forward on the basketball team, even though he never played high school basketball; instead, he learned to play high-level basketball while serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He enrolled at Ohio State after his armed service duty and also became the University's first All-American baseball player. He was good enough to play baseball briefly in the Major Leagues, as a first baseman for parts of the 1950-52 seasons with the Washington Senators. Taylor was the head basketball coach at Ohio State from 1959-76. He had an overall basketball coaching record of 297-158, and his teams reached the NCAA Final Four on four occasions, winning a National Championship in 1960, and NCAA Runners-Up honors in '61 and '62. While at Ohio State, he coached basketball Hall of Famers John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, and Bobby Knight (a HOF coach). Taylor is in both the College Basketball Hall of Fame and the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The jacket has a red satin finish, with red and gray cotton trim. A "Champion Knitwear" manufacturer's tag is in the collar, showing size 46. Stenciled in white on the left chest is "Ohio State Instructor" with some of the white color worn away. The button-down jacket has six gray buttons down the front, with the next-to-the-bottom (seventh) button missing. There are a few very small stains, and an approx. 0.5" hole in the woolen trim at the waist. The jacket shows nice wear, maybe two seasons of use. Despite some minor imperfections, the jacket makes a fine collectible as it was worn by an Ohio State sports immortal.