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"Tiny Archibald" - 8 Total Result(s)
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A Basketball Out of the Spotlight
Everyone knows Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and John Havlicek, but the players that signed this basketball were all major contributors to championship teams – and some were even inducted into t ...
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A Real Hall-of-Fame Jacket
When Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall-of-Famers are inducted at Springfield, they receive an orange jacket to symbolize their achievement. For Celtics fans, this off-the-rack jacket with its original ...
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Boston’s Team of the Century
No NBA team has quite the storied history as the Celtics, as the signatures by these basketball legends attest. The 17-time NBA World Champions boast 49 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall-of-Famers, ma ...
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Celtics Pride on a Basketball
The early 1980s Celtics didn’t have “Showtime” (that belonged to their rivals in Los Angeles), but they did have the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Joining the trio ...
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NBA Finals Back at the Garden
After five years, the Celtics were back in the NBA Finals in 1981, this time against the Houston Rockets. In this iconic image, Larry Bird prepared to inbound the ball while Chris Ford (No. 42), Nate ...
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The Bird Lands in ’79
Larry Bird was the “most heralded collegian since Bill Walton,” proclaimed the 1979-80 Celtics media guide. The Indiana State product would have better seasons, but his rookie campaign more than lived ...
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The Dynasty Hits a Bump
Led by All-Star Larry Bird, the Celtics posted 56 wins and the league’s third-best record in the 1982-83 season. The highlight of his season came on March 30 when Bird scored a then franchise single-g ...
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Tiny’s Big Statement Jacket
Given the quantity of Celtics players in the Hall of Fame, you could bet the team’s old-timers games fielded a lot of stars. Such was the case in the late 1980s and 1990s when Nate “Tiny” Archibald wo ...