(born Feb. 12, 1934, Monroe, La., U.S.) American basketball player regarded in his day as the greatest defensive centre in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He set standards by which other exceptionally tall players were judged (his height was 6 ft 10 in). On April 18, 1966, he became the first black coach of a major professional sports team (the Boston Celtics) in the United States.
Reared in Oakland, Calif., Russell led the University of San Francisco to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships in two consecutive seasons (1954–55 and 1955–56). He played on the U.S. team that won the 1956 Olympic basketball gold medal in Melbourne, Austl. READ FULL ARTICLE
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