Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Athletes
- MBA
- MBA
- Basketball for the player, the fan, and the coach
- Let me tell you a story
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Quotes
- “You handle animals. You deal with people.”
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Key facts
- 1940
- St. Albans School
- 1943
- Harrisburg Senators
- 1949
- Duke (assistant)
- Born
- ( 1917-09-20 ) September 20, 1917, Brooklyn , New York, U.S.
- Died
- October 28, 2006 (2006-10-28) (aged 89), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Listed height
- 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
- Listed weight
- 170 lb (77 kg)
- High school
- Eastern District , (Brooklyn, New York)
- College
- Seth Low JC (1936–1937) George Washington (1937–1940)
- Position
- Guard
- Coaching career
- 1940–1966
- 1940 1943
- Roosevelt HS
- 1946 1949
- Washington Capitols
- 1949 1950
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks
- 1950 1966
- Boston Celtics
- Nba
- 938–479 (.662)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Auerbach
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Sport
- basketball
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Auerbach Lipofsky.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Residence
- Bethesda
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- Commons category
- Red Auerbach
- date of birth
- 1917-09-20
- date of death
- 2006-10-28
- place of burial
- Virginia
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. As head coach, he led the Boston Celtics to eight consecutive NBA championships between 1959 to 1966. On retiring in 1966, he held an NBA coaching record of 938 wins. He served as general manager of the Celtics from 1966 to 1984, and later as President and Vice-Chairman of the Board. He won a combined 16 NBA titles in his long career with the Celtics, the most of any individual, making him one of the most successful team officials in the history of North American professional sports. He served as president of the Celtics until his death in 2006 at the age of 89.
Auerbach coached many players who were inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. He also played a key role in decreasing racial discrimination in the NBA. In 1950, he drafted Chuck Cooper, the NBA's first African-American player. In 1965, he introduced the first African-American starting five. In 1966, he hired Bill Russell as the NBA's first African-American head coach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Auerbach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.