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Bob Cousy

American basketball player and coach (born 1928)

Person · Open Library

Born: 1928
Works: 6

Top works

Basketball
Basketball is my life
Cousy on the Celtic mystique
The killer instinct
The last loud roar

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Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. Cousy played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969-70 season.

Known for

Celtics City — Self2025
Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience2024
Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Boston Celtics 1950-632023
Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
Mr. Russell's House — Archive Footage2013
Basketball Man — Self2007
The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World — Self2005
Celtic Pride — Self1996
Blue Chips — Vic1994

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1941-05-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3
Total plays: 3

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 57,940x
The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,170x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,068x
The Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Escherichia coli</i> K-12
· 1997 · cited 5,882x
<i>Stan</i> : A Probabilistic Programming Language
· 2017 · cited 5,607x

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Key facts

Born: ( 1928-08-09 ) August 9, 1928 (age 97) , New York City , New York, U.S.
Listed height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight: 175 lb (79 kg)
High school: Andrew Jackson , ( Queens , New York)
College: Holy Cross (1946–1950)
Nba draft: 1950 : 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Drafted by: Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Playing career: 1950–1963, 1969–1970
Position: Point guard
Number: 14, 19
Coaching career: 1963–1973
1950 1963: Boston Celtics
1969 1970

Key dates

Born: 9 August 1928

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Bob
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Manhattan
Occupation: actor
Award: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Sport: basketball
Position played: point guard
League: National Basketball Association

Article

Robert Joseph Cousy (/ˈkuːzi/ KOO-zee, born August 9, 1928) is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA All-Star and 1957 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), Cousy was a core piece during the early half of the Celtics dynasty, winning six NBA championships during his 13-year tenure with the Celtics. Nicknamed "The Houdini of the Hardwood", Cousy was the NBA assists leader for eight consecutive seasons, introducing a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA. He is regarded as the first great point guard of the NBA, and was the first to reach the 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 career assists milestones.

Making his high school varsity squad as a junior, Cousy went on to earn a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, where he led the Crusaders to berths in the 1948 NCAA Tournament and the 1950 NCAA Tournament, while winning NCAA All-American honors for three seasons. Cousy entered the 1950 NBA draft and was initially drafted by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks as the third overall pick in the first round, but after he refused to report he was picked up by Boston. Following his playing career with the Celtics he served as a college basketball coach and an NBA head coach for the Cincinnati Royals.