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William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that won 11 NBA championships during his 13-year career. [3]
Jul 31, 2022 · Celtics legend and 11-time NBA Champion Bill Russell died ‘peacefully’ Sunday at the age of 88. BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 ...
Jul 31, 2022 · NBA legend Bill Russell, an 11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league, passed away “peacefully” Sunday, according to a family statement from his...
Jul 31, 2022 · Bill Russell, Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88 A Hall of Famer who led the Celtics to 11 championships, he was “the single most devastating force in the history of the game,” his ...
Jul 31, 2022 · Bill Russell, stalwart of the Boston Celtics’ dynasty of the 1950s and 60s, the only NBA player to win 11 championships and the league’s first Black head coach, died on Sunday. He was 88.
Jul 31, 2022 · Bill Russell, the cornerstone of the Boston Celtics dynasty that won eight straight titles and 11 overall during his career, died Sunday. The Hall of Famer was 88.
Aug 1, 2022 · Bill Russell, one of the most important and accomplished athletes in history, died on Sunday at the age of 88 with his wife Jeannine by his side, his family announced.
Jul 31, 2022 · Russell, professional basketball’s first Black superstar and a game-changing big man who reinvented the center position with the dynastic Celtics of the late 1950s and ’60s, died Sunday at 88...
Jul 31, 2022 · American basketball great Bill Russell has died at the age of 88. As a player, centre Russell won a record 11 NBA titles and five NBA Most Valuable Player awards during a 13-year career with...
Aug 1, 2022 · The NBA great Bill Russell has died at age 88. His family said on social media that Russell died on Sunday, July 31, 2022. Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 titles in 13 years.
