Walter A. Brown

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basketball executive human sports executive

Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball executive → human → sports executive →
awardReceived	induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
businessFounded	Boston Celtics (as an NBA franchise) →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1905-02-10 →
dateOfDeath	1964-09-07 →
era	20th century →
familyName	Brown →
gender	male →
givenName	Walter →
hallOfFame	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
leagueAssociatedWith	National Basketball Association →
memberOf	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
name	Walter A. Brown →
notableFor	building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise → helping establish the National Basketball Association →
occupation	basketball executive → sports executive →
placeOfBirth	Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
positionHeld	owner of the Boston Celtics → president of the Boston Celtics →
residence	Massachusetts, United States →
roleInOrganization	key figure in the merger that formed the NBA →
sport	basketball →
teamAssociatedWith	Boston Celtics →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boston Celtics →	founder
Walter A. Brown →	name
Walter A. Brown Trophy →	namedAfter
Boston Celtics →	retiredNumberHonoree