Arnold Jacob Auerbach

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Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach was a legendary American basketball coach and executive best known for building the Boston Celtics dynasty that dominated the NBA in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball coach
basketball executive
human
sports Hall of Famer
causeOfDeath heart attack
coachedTeam Boston Celtics
Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Washington Capitols
coachingCareerStart 1940s
collegeAttended George Washington University
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1917-09-20
dateOfDeath 2006-10-28
educatedAt George Washington University
employer Boston Celtics
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Auerbach
givenName Arnold
HallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coach (1969)
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as contributor (posthumous, as executive)
knownFor building the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1950s and 1960s
early support for racial integration in professional basketball
lighting a victory cigar on the bench
pioneering fast-break style of play
leagueCoachedIn National Basketball Association
memberOfSportsTeam Boston Celtics
middleName Jacob
militaryService United States Navy
nickname Red
notableAchievement coached first all-Black starting lineup in NBA history
hired Bill Russell as first Black head coach in major North American professional sports
numberOfNBAChampionshipsAsCoach 9
numberOfNBAChampionshipsTotalWithCeltics 16
occupation basketball coach
basketball executive
general manager
team president
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld general manager of the Boston Celtics
head coach of the Boston Celtics
president of the Boston Celtics
religion Judaism
residence Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
teamChampionshipStreak 8 consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966

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Red Auerbach fullName Arnold Jacob Auerbach