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Tom Heinsohn
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American basketball player and coach (1934–2020)
Film & TV
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach, and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978.
Known for
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Boston Celtics 1956-65 (archive footage)2023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jersey City
- Place of death
- Newton
- Occupation
- sports commentator
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 99
- Image
- Tom heinsohn press photo 1970.jpg
- Height
- 201
- Residence
- Jersey City
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- date of birth
- 1934-08-26
- Commons category
- Tom Heinsohn
- drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- end of work period
- 1965-00-00
- start of work period
- 1956-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-11-09
- name in native language
- Tom Heinsohn
- birth name
- Thomas William Heinsohn
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