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John Havlicek
Sign in to saveAlso known as John J. Havlicek, Hondo, John Joseph Havlicek, Hondo Havlicek
American basketball player (1940–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 2
Top works
- NBA's greatest
- Hondo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA
John Joseph Havlicek was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the NBA Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, beginning with his first four seasons with the team. Only teammates Bill Russell and Sam Jones won more.
Known for
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Boston Celtics 1962-78 (voice) (archive sound)2023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 61
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,644x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,922x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,594x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,138x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1940-04-08 ) April 8, 1940, Martins Ferry, Ohio , US
- Died
- April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25) (aged 79), Jupiter, Florida , US
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 203 lb (92 kg)
- High school
- Bridgeport ( Bridgeport, Ohio )
- College
- Ohio State (1959–1962)
- Nba draft
- 1962 : 1st round, 7th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- Playing career
- 1962–1978
- Position
- Small forward / shooting guard
- 1962 1978
- Boston Celtics
- Points
- 26,395 (20.8 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 8,007 (6.3 rpg)
- Assists
- 6,114 (4.8 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Deceased Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
~28 min read
Encyclopedic overview
John Joseph Havlicek (/ˈhævlɪtʃɛk/ HAV-lih-chek; April 8, 1940 – April 25, 2019), often nicknamed Hondo, was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 16-year career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Havlicek won eight NBA championships — one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in the NBA Finals series — and was voted the NBA Finals MVP in 1974.
A swingman, Havlicek played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1959 to 1962, winning an NCAA championship in 1960. He was selected by the Celtics in the 1962 NBA draft and played with the team until his retirement in 1978. A 13-time NBA All-Star, Havlicek was named to the All-NBA First Team four times and to the All-NBA Second Team seven times. He was also named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team on five occasions and to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times. Havlicek is known for his stamina and his hustle as well as his abilities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Havlicek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.