Red Holzman

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Hall of Fame inductee NBA coach basketball coach human

Red Holzman was a Hall of Fame basketball coach best known for leading the New York Knicks to two NBA championships in the early 1970s.

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instanceOf Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
NBA coach ⓘ
basketball coach ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived NBA Coach of the Year ⓘ
birthName Red Holzman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Holzman
burialPlace Mount Ararat Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
coachedTeamToChampionship New York Knicks ⓘ
surface form: New York Knicks 1969–70 NBA championship

New York Knicks ⓘ
surface form: New York Knicks 1972–73 NBA championship
coachingStyle defense-oriented ⓘ
team-oriented ⓘ
coachOf New York Knicks 1967–1982 (with interruption) ⓘ
collegeAttended City College of New York ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-08-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1998-11-13 ⓘ
draftedBy Rochester Royals ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
fullName Red Holzman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Holzman
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ⓘ
height 5 ft 10 in ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Knicks ⓘ
leagueCoachedIn National Basketball Association ⓘ
leaguePlayedIn Basketball Association of America ⓘ
National Basketball Association ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
nickname Red ⓘ
notableFor leading the New York Knicks to two NBA championships in the early 1970s ⓘ
numberOfNBAChampionshipsAsHeadCoach 2 ⓘ
occupation basketball coach ⓘ
basketball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New Hyde Park, New York, United States ⓘ
positionPlayed guard ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
teamCoached New York Knicks ⓘ
Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis Hawks
teamPlayedFor Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
surface form: Milwaukee Hawks

Rochester Royals ⓘ
yearAwarded 1970 NBA Coach of the Year ⓘ
yearInductedIntoHallOfFame 1986 ⓘ

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Red Holzman → birthName → Red Holzman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Holzman
Red Holzman → fullName → Red Holzman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Holzman
New York Knicks → notableCoach → Red Holzman ⓘ
Tri-Cities Blackhawks → notableCoach → Red Holzman ⓘ
Rochester Royals → notablePlayer → Red Holzman ⓘ