my No. 1 choice has to be Bill Russell. Bill Russell never ceases to amaze me." Duiring the 1968–69 NBA season, Russell was shocked by the assassination...

The Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award (formerly known as the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award) is an annual National Basketball Association...

Bill Russell (1934–2022) was an American basketball player and coach. Bill or Billy Russell may also refer to: Bill Russell (composer) (1905–1992), American...

Lakers. Chamberlain had an on-court rivalry with Boston Celtics' center Bill Russell, suffering a long string of losses before breaking through and winning...

William Ellis Russell (born October 21, 1948) is an American former shortstop, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. Russell played his entire 18-year...

Finals and has defeated them nine times. Four Celtics players (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award;...

A statue of former professional basketball player Bill Russell by Ann Hirsch is installed outside Boston's City Hall, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts...

introducing the first African-American starting five in 1964, and hiring Bill Russell as the first African-American head coach in North American sports in...

high efficiency on offense. In the 1950s and 1960s, George Mikan and Bill Russell were centerpieces of championship dynasties and defined early prototypical...

Bill Russell (born 1949) is an American librettist and lyricist. Among his stage musicals are Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and Side Show...

age of 35, became the youngest head coach to make the NBA Finals since Bill Russell in 1969. Mazzulla's father, Dan Mazzulla, was a basketball player and...

Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, Tom Sanders, Dave Cowens, K.C. Jones, Chris Ford and M. L. Carr have played and coached for the Celtics. John Russell, Alvin...

establishment of the Celtics dynasty in 1957, spearheaded by center Bill Russell, the team saw great success. Despite encountering some difficulty when...

1975–76 season. Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times. Russell and James...

Willy Russell (born 1947), English playwright, lyricist and composer Bill Russell (disambiguation) Russell Williams (disambiguation) Sir William Russell, 1st...

Celtics won the championship in seven games – the last championship of the Bill Russell dynasty – and is considered one of the great upsets in NBA history. The...

Richard Wagner. He was commonly known as "Bill Russell". Born in the small Missouri city of Canton, Bill Russell was a leading figure in percussion music...

often used as a measurement of their greatness. Boston Celtics center Bill Russell holds the record for the most NBA championships won with 11 titles during...

occurrences: Wilt Chamberlain 29 times (four times in the playoffs) and Bill Russell 23 times (seven times in the playoffs). The NBA did not record rebounds...

teams emerged as the strongest in the NBA, featuring greats such as Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, John Havlicek, Sam Jones and head coach Red Auerbach for...

NBA Finals series. He is the only African-American coach other than Bill Russell to have won multiple NBA championships. Jones was inducted into the Naismith...

2004 as a coach. Only John Wooden, Lenny Wilkens, Tommy Heinsohn and Bill Russell share this double honor. Sharman is also notable for coaching the 1971-72...

disadvantage against the Boston Celtics with their Hall-of-Fame center, Bill Russell. Initially, West felt odd in his new environment. He was a loner. His...

Sadowski – 1948 Ed Macauley – 1951–1953 Bob Cousy – 1952–1961 Bill Sharman – 1956–1959 Bill Russell – 1959, 1963, 1965 John Havlicek – 1971–1974 Larry Bird...

Government would still support his bill, Russell presented the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill to Parliament. The bill was immediately granted a second...

securing their sixth consecutive NBA title. This was the first time Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain faced off in the NBA Finals; they would do so once...

Bill Russell (26 years, 50 days) on April 2, 1960 2,000 Rebounds – Bill Russell (29 years, 63 days) on April 16, 1963 3,000 Rebounds – Bill Russell (32...

scoring 11 points with five assists in Sacramento's win. Under head coach Bill Russell (who would step down as coach to become General Manager mid-way through...

Louis Hawks drafted legendary Bill Russell in the first round (second overall pick). They immediately traded Russell to the Boston Celtics for Cliff...

2008. Marwick, Bill. "Russell catches Levein's eye with two-goal display". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 March 2008. "Kilmarnock seal Russell transfer". BBC...