Today marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of one of basketball’s most famous personalities — Red Auerbach. As coach of the Boston Celtics, he won nine NBA titles. After retiring as coach, he became general manager, then president until his death in 2006. He was an early backer of hiring African-American players, and developed the fast break as a potent offensive weapon. Auerbach was named the greatest coach in NBA history and is widely considered to be the greatest sports executive of all time. Among U.S. adults, more than 8.5 million attend NBA games each year. You can find more facts about America’s people, places and economy from the American Community Survey at <www.census.gov>.
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Who can be the first person to tell us the college where Arnold (Red) Auerbach was an assistant coach before joining the Boston Celtics? No fair, looking it up on the internet. Maybe Mr. Hart will put your name in the bucket an extra time if you get the answer correct.
Ah yes, Red Auerbach–and his cigar–all eyes would be on him to light it–he only did so when he was sure of the win. I won’t cheat–not sure of the school unless it was perhaps BU?
Sorry, Prudence, not BU. Move south.