[61] In Boston, both fans and journalists felt betrayed because Russell left the Celtics without a coach and a center, and he sold his retirement story for $10,000 to Sports Illustrated. Bill Russell- a pioneer of NBA, legendary player, Hall of Famer, activist, and Boston Celtics icon who had bagged five MVPs awards and 11 Championships in his career, died on July 31, 2022, due to natural reasons at his home at the age of 88. [207] The close relationship ended after Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals, when Chamberlain injured his knee with six minutes left and was forced to leave the game. "[109][206] When his white Celtics teammate Frank Ramsey asked whether he hated him, Russell stated that he had been misquoted but few believed it. Around that time, according to John Taylors book, The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball, they grew emotionally distant and divorced. While there is still progress to be made, the Hall of Famer should get a lot of credit for fighting against what was wrong. [85] On February 10, 1963, Russell recorded his first regular season triple-double after putting up 17 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists in a 129123 win over the New York Knicks. His nickname is Russell William Ellis. He had invested $250,000 in a rubber plantation in Liberia, where he had wanted to spend his retirement, but it went bankrupt. With a flair for defense never before seen on a basketball court, allied with an uncanny ability to excel under pressure and an indomitable will to win, Russell dominated the game of basketball from his earliest days as a student . If you were too sheltered, Im afraid youd be too naive. Russell was born on February 12, 1934, to Charles Russell and Katie Russell in West Monroe, Louisiana.Like almost all Southern towns and cities of that time, Monroe was very segregated and the Russells often struggled with racism in their daily lives. She's also provided commentary on the high-profile cases of NBA players like Kobe Bryant and Jayson Williams. [223], On September 26, 2017, Russell posted a photograph of himself to a previously unused Twitter account in which he was taking the knee in solidarity with the U.S. national anthem kneeling protests. 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American athletes of the century", "Daily Dime: Special Edition The game's greatest giants ever", "Ranking the top 74 NBA players of all time: Nos. I averaged over 20 points and over 20 rebounds, and I was the only guy in college blocking shots. [61] Russell scored 21 points and grabbed an NBA Finals-record 40 rebounds, plus an assist, in a Game 2 loss,[73] and he added 22 points and 35 rebounds, along with 4 assists,[74] in the deciding Game 7, a 122103 victory for Boston. [115] While Russell long had sore feelings towards Boston, there was something of a reconciliation, and he visited the city regularly in his later years, something he never did in the years immediately after his retirement. He was 88. [68] Both men awed onlookers with "nakedly awesome athleticism",[68] and while Chamberlain outscored Russell 30 to 22, the Celtics won 115106, and the match was called a "new beginning of basketball". [133][134], On February 14, 2009, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award would be renamed the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his honor as an 11-time NBA champion. "[49] The next day, The Boston Globe read: "Russell's Reflexes Befuddles Visitors. In his thirteen years, he averaged a relatively low 13.4 field goals attempted (normally, top scorers average 20 and more),[1] illustrating that he was never the focal point of the Celtics offense, who instead focused on his elite defense. [12] Russell averaged 16.6 points per game and a league-record average of 22.7 rebounds per game. [41], In his career, Russell won five NBA MVP awards (1959, 196163, 1965),[5] which is tied with Michael Jordan for second all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's six awards, and is at No. In the 1960 NBA playoffs, Russell's Celtics met Chamberlain's Warriors in the Eastern Division Finals. As part of the 1961 Celtics boycott, he and the other black teammates refused to play in the exhibition game and flew home, drawing a great deal of controversy and publicity. The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. [67] On November 7, 1959, Russell's Celtics hosted Chamberlain's Warriors and pundits called the matchup between the best offensive and defensive centers "The Big Collision" and "Battle of the Titans". [5] The Russell draft-day trade was later called one of the most important trades in the history of North American sports. But as her wife was white they got divorced in 1980. [19] When he later became a standout college player at USF, Russell recalled how he and his few fellow black teammates were jeered by white students. She graduated as an English Major from the University of Washington. His father gave up his trucking job and became a steelworker in order to be closer to his children. During Russell's college career, the conference was known as the California Basketball Association. [20] Since Russell's previous experiences with white authority figures were often negative, warm words from Powles reassured him. The 11-time NBA champion had been dealing with health issues in recent years, sources said. [105] Russell pulled himself together and put up 9.9 points and 19.3 rebounds per game;[1] the aging Celtics stumbled through the regular season. He was convinced that the U.S. was a corrupt nation and that he was wasting his time playing something as superficial as basketball. As Russell takes to the stage to accept the award, some fans may grow curious about his family and children. "[49], Duiring the 196869 NBA season, Russell was shocked by the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, disillusioned by the Vietnam War, and weary from his increasingly stale marriage to his wife Rose; the couple later divorced. He was voted the NBA Most Valuable Player but only named to the All-NBA Second Team, something that would occur repeatedly throughout his career, as players voted for the MVP award, something that would last until the 197980 NBA season, while the media has always voted for the All-NBA teams. [19], During World War II, the Second Great Migration began, as large numbers of blacks were moving to the West to look for work there. Boston Celtics fans say Bill Russell was so much more than a basketball star. "[213], In 1966, Russell was promoted to head coach of the Celtics. [156] Russell ranked No. [70] Boston won a then-record 59 regular-season games, including a then-record tying 17-game win streak. Please logout and login again. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday, July 31, 2022. [45][46] He also competed in the 440 yards (402.3m) race, which he could complete in 49.6 seconds. It notably did not mention the COVID-19 vaccine as his cause of death, so anyone who claims that they did (looking at Jason Pires of Vancouver Times!) [5], For his achievements, Russell was named "Sportsman of the Year" by Sports Illustrated in 1968. [117] He finished with a 341290 regular season record and was 3427 in the playoffs. And so the guy that owned the Celtics [Walter Brown] was [in addition to Auerbach for whom Russell expressed 'respect' and 'actual love'] another one of the fine, good, and decent human beings that I've ever encountered. At the age of 9 he moved to Oakland. He is quoted by Fox Sports as saying that his father lived in Louisiana. A 1987 essay by Bill Russell's daughter detailed racism the family faced in Mass. In addition, Auerbach had already used his NBA territorial pick to acquire talented forward Tom Heinsohn. Gottlieb stated: "Our Paul Arizin went underneath for a simple backboard lay-up, and as the ball traveled down towards the basket, Russell batted it away. [191], During his career, Russell was one of the first big earners in NBA basketball. [107], The Celtics were ahead by nine points with five minutes remaining; in addition, West was limping after a Game 5 thigh injury and Chamberlain had left the game with an injured leg. Bill Russell was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1934, to Katie and Charlie Louis Russell. "Our house was in a shambles, and 'N***A' was spray-painted on the walls. [153] He was selected three times to the All-NBA First Teams (1959, 1963, 1965) and eight Second Teams (1958, 196062, 1964, 196668), and was a 12-time NBA All-Star (19581969). Advertisement. Hailed as the greatest team player on the greatest team of all time, Bill Russell led the Boston Celtics in the longest championship streak in U.S. sports history. NBA Legend Bill Russell receives the 2017 NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. We won 28 out of 29 games. [104] He is one of four players (along with Cousy, George Mikan, and Bob Pettit) to have made all four NBA anniversary teams: the NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1970), the NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980), the NBA 50th Anniversary Team (1996),[5] and the NBA 75th Anniversary Team (2021). He's the guy who whipped us psychologically. [21], Under head coach Gerald Tucker, Russell helped the U.S. national basketball team win the gold medal in Melbourne, defeating the Soviet Union national basketball team 8955 in the final game with an 80 undefeated run. In these eleven games, Russell averaged 18.3 points and 29.4 rebounds. As the teams split the first six games, the tension was so high that in Game 3 Celtics coach Auerbach punched his colleague Ben Kerner and received a $300 fine. [56], Russell was an elite help defender who allowed the Celtics to play the "Hey, Bill" defense: whenever a Celtic requested additional defensive help, he would shout "Hey, Bill!" "Bill was the ultimate winner and consummate teammate, and his influence on the NBA will be felt forever," Silver added. When he became player-coach in 1966, Russell bluntly said to his teammates that "he intended to cut all personal ties to other players" and seamlessly made the transition from their peer to their superior. In 1956, Russell married his college sweetheart, Rose Swisher. @NBATV before Game 6 of 2013 #NBAFinals. [80] As the game was tied, Russell had the daunting task of defending against Baylor with little frontline help: Loscutoff, Heinsohn, and Satch Sanders, the three best Celtics forwards, had fouled out. The children and grandchildren of the Boston Celtics legend were able to say their goodbyes on Saturday, a source told Andscape. I was able to separate the Celtics institution from the city and the fans. [49] Despite this, the Celtics were leading only 9795 with 34 seconds left when Russell closed out the game with several consecutive clutch plays. "Bill's wife, Jeannine, and his many friends and family thank you . Bill marched with Martin Luther King Jr. when he delivered his "I Have a Dream . FILE - Boston Celtics legendary player Bill Russell is greeted at his seat before Game 1 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers . William Felton "Bill" Russell was an American professional basketball player. Asked by Russell what was wrong, his grandfather replied how proud he was of him, being coach of an organization in which blacks and whites coexisted in harmony. Johnny Havlicek stole the ball! They were happily wed until 1973. Russell's 51 rebounds in a single game is the second-highest performance ever, trailing only Wilt Chamberlain's all-time record of 55. Russell's family said in a. He was 88. "[101] The game still ended on a high note for Russell. [173][174][175] During the spring of 2015, two statues of children were added, honoring Russell's commitment to working with children. He reasoned that if Saperstein was too smart to speak with him, then he was too smart to play for Saperstein. Russell used a copy as extra motivation and told his team to play a running game because in that case it was not the better but the more determined team that was going to win. [107], Days later, 30,000 Celtics fans cheered their returning heroes. [222] In 1995, the Celtics left the Boston Garden and entered the FleetCenter, now known as the TD Garden; as the main festive act, the Celtics wanted to re-retire Russell's jersey in front of a sellout audience. [149] He also had 51 in one game, 49 in two others, and twelve straight seasons of 1,000 or more rebounds. [104] After losing for the fifth straight time against Russell and the Celtics, Hall-of-Fame Lakers guard Jerry West stated: "If I had a choice of any basketball player in the league, my No. [49] He ranks No. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Bill Russell's legacy of lonely courage in the fight against hate Kevin Cullen Dan McGowan The Rhode Island Senate president's final words for Providence Mayor Elorza YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED We. [Auerbach would] get the information from us and then make a decision based on that information and his thoughts. American baseball player and coach. [6][7][8][9] Standing at 6ft 10in (2.08m) tall, with a 7ft 4in (2.24m) arm span,[10][11] his shot-blocking and man-to-man defense were major reasons for the Celtics' dominance during his career. The champion marched with Martin Luther King for civil rights. Russell's Celtics went 5737 in the regular season against Chamberlain's teams and 2920 in the playoffs, Chamberlain's losing seven of the eight series. [209] After that, the two were often seen together at various events and interviewed as friends. He has three children named Jacob Russell, William Russell Jr., and Karen Russell. A morass to fight from. So we never, or at least I never, ever considered him as having ulterior motives for whatever he did. Birth Place: Rose Swisher (1956-1973) - Bill began dating his college acquaintance Rose Swisher in 1956, his senior year in college. William Felton Russell Jr., also known as "Buddha," lost a courageous battle with cancer. The game was tied with two seconds left when Sam Jones sank a clutch shot that won the Celtics the series. He said: "The Celtics were the first [NBA basketball] team to draft a black player, period: a guy named Chuck Cooper from Duquesne. Chamberlain outscored Russell by 81 points in the series, but the Celtics walked off with a 42 series win. Russell held Chamberlain to a pair of field goals in the first three quarters of Game 3. Following Chamberlain's death in October 1999, Russell returned to prominence at the turn of the millennium. "[49], In the 195960 NBA season, the NBA witnessed the debut of 7ft 1in (2.16m) Philadelphia Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain, who averaged a record 37.6 points per game in his rookie year. We won the National Championship. [115], As a consequence of his endured racist abuse, Russell was extremely sensitive to all racial prejudice. Auerbach agreed to trade Macauley, who had previously asked to be traded to St. Louis in order to be with his sick son, if the Hawks gave up Russell. "[5][120] On November 3, 1979, Russell hosted Saturday Night Live, in which he appeared in several sports-related sketches. He was one of five, along with James Naismith, Oscar Robertson, Dean Smith, and John Wooden, selected to represent the inaugural class. [196], In 1966, The New York Times wrote that "Russell's main characteristics are pride, intelligence, an active and appreciative sense of humor, a preoccupation with dignity, a capacity for consideration once his friendship or sympathy has been aroused, and an unwillingness to compromise whatever truths he has accepted. He revealed that his mother died when he was 12. [144] He also won two state championships in high school. 1962) (TV Pundit, Lawyer) and 2 sons named William Russell Jr. and Jacob Russell. He lived his young life with his parents in Indiana and with his grandmother (Mammy) in Lebanon, Tennessee. [59] With the Celtics leading 125123 with one second left, the Hawks had the ball at their own baseline. Both Cousy and Russell called it the greatest Celtics team of all-time. [137][138] Russell was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011. Heinsohn felt that Russell resented him because the former was named the 1957 NBA Rookie of the Year. He was preceded in . [15], Russell was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975, was one of the founding inductees into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006 and was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. So after the season was over, they had a Northern California banquet, and they picked another center as Player of the Year in Northern California. Well, that let me know that if I were to accept these as the final judges of my career I would die a bitter old man." Bill Russell's Siblings His only sibling is Charlie L. Russell. Sportskeeda's best Risk-Free bets from legal Sportsbooks. The Hall of Famer was 88. Both of them had three children together. When the NBA All-Stars toured the U.S. in the 1958 offseason, white hotel owners in segregated North Carolina denied rooms to Russell and his black teammates, causing him to later write in his 1966 memoir Go Up for Glory: "It stood out, a wall which understanding cannot penetrate. [160] In 2020, he was ranked No. Bill Russell, one of the greatest basketball players of all time who led the charge on and off the court, has died, his family announced Sunday. Suddenly, his grandfather broke down crying. Russell died Sunday at the age of 88, with his wife, Jeannine, at his side, his family said in a statement posted on social media. Career-wise in rebounds, Russell ranks second to Chamberlain in regular season total (21,620) and average per game (22.5), and he led the NBA in average rebounds per game four times. This was in contrast to other Celtics who had to work during the offseason to maintain their standard of living; Tom Heinsohn sold insurance, Gene Guarilia was a professional guitar player, Cousy ran a basketball camp, and Red Auerbach invested in plastics and a Chinese restaurant. Bill Russell passed away peacefully at age 88 Sunday with his wife Jeannine by his side, according to his family; The NBA legend played for the Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1969 When I started to jump to make defensive plays and to block shots, I was initially corrected, but I stuck with it, and it paid off. Bill Russell is a 74 years old American baseball player and coach from Monroe, Louisiana. Despite going through numerous struggles, he managed to stay strong and make the most out of the opportunity that was given to him. She works as an attorney, corporate trainer, and political strategist, according to the Huffington Post. Nothing went on outside the borders of the court. Karen graduated from Harward Law School and has dissected high-profile trials and national political issues. KEY POINTS. [154] In 1970, The Sporting News named Russell the "Athlete of the Decade". William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. Russell said he was "proud of my grandfather's heroic dignity against forces more powerful than him he would not allow himself to be oppressed or intimidated by anyone." 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