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"Tommy Heinsohn" - 49 Total Result(s)
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A Nod to Cousy’s Contributions
Following superstar Bob Cousy’s departure, second-year man John Havlicek and veteran Tommy Heinsohn stepped up to guide the Celtics to their sixth straight NBA World Championship title in 1964. That s ...
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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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A Winning Symbol
Sam Jones, Frank Ramsey and Tommy Heinsohn (left to right) celebrated after a game in 1959. The trio played together on Boston’s NBA World Championship title teams from 1959 to 1964. During the 1959-6 ...
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Back to the Finals in ’63
The Celtics celebrated with Coach Red Auerbach after defeating the Cincinnati Royals, 142-131, in Game 7 of the 1963 Eastern Division Finals. Bob Cousy, who would retire at the end of the season, tall ...
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Bill Russell’s Reach
Bill Russell stretched every limb to get his hand up to block a shot by the Syracuse Nationals, while teammates Tommy Heinsohn (No. 15) and Bill Sharman (No. 21) fought for position. From 1957 to 1961 ...
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Boston’s Legendary Trio
A crowd of Celtics fans lifted Tommy Heinsohn, Red Auerbach and Bill Russell in the air after another win. For nearly three decades, from 1950 to 1978, these three men played a role with the Celtics e ...
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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 Hall-of-Famers on a Basketball
Some of the greatest names in Celtics history signed this basketball, including Hall-of-Famers Larry Bird, Frank Ramsey, Jo Jo White and Sam Jones. Forty-nine Celtics players, coaches and executives h ...
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Celtics Retire Heinsohn’s Number
On October 15, 1966, the Celtics retired Tommy Heinsohn’s No. 15 jersey, the fifth retired number in franchise history. During that Opening Night game, the Celtics leveraged some Heinsohn magic to def ...
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Clint Eastwood Meets the Celtics
Bob Cousy, Tommy Heinsohn and Frank Ramsey stood in front of CBS Studios in Los Angeles with Clint Eastwood, who was holding a volleyball (wrong sport, Clint). Despite being 6-foot-2, Eastwood never s ...