William Felton Russell

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Olympic athlete basketball coach civil rights activist human professional basketball player

William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player and civil rights activist best known as the legendary Boston Celtics center who won 11 NBA championships and transformed defensive play in the sport.

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instanceOf Olympic athlete ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
professional basketball player ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bill Russell ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
awardReceivedYear 2011 ⓘ
BostonCelticsJerseyNumberRetired 6 ⓘ
coachedTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
Sacramento Kings ⓘ
Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
collegeAttended University of San Francisco campus ⓘ
surface form: University of San Francisco
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryRepresented United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-02-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-07-31 ⓘ
draftedBy Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis Hawks
draftLeague National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA
draftYear 1956 ⓘ
endTimeOfTenureWithBostonCeltics 1969 ⓘ
familyName Russell ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
HallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1975 ⓘ
height about 208 cm ⓘ
about 6 ft 10 in ⓘ
honoredBy NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
surface form: NBA Finals MVP Award renamed Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
jerseyNumber 6 ⓘ
knownFor civil rights activism ⓘ
defensive dominance in basketball ⓘ
leadership ⓘ
rebounding ⓘ
shot blocking ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
medal Olympic gold medal in men's basketball ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
San Francisco Dons men's basketball ⓘ
surface form: University of San Francisco Dons men's basketball
middleName Felton ⓘ
NBA75thAnniversaryTeamMember true ⓘ
NBAChampionshipsWonWithTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
NBAJerseyNumberLeaguewideRetired 6 ⓘ
NBAMostValuablePlayerAwardWins 5 ⓘ
numberOfNBAChampionshipsWonAsPlayer 11 ⓘ
OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 1956 Summer Olympics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Monroe, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mercer Island, Washington, United States ⓘ
playedFor Boston Celtics ⓘ
positionPlayed center ⓘ
role player-coach ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startTimeOfTenureWithBostonCeltics 1956 ⓘ

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