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Tom Heinsohn

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Tom Heinsohn

  • Head Coach of Boston Celtics (1969-1978; 427-263).
  • Member of 8 NBA Championship teams (1957, 1959-1965).
  • Named to All-NBA second team 4 times (1961-1964).
  • 1957 NBA Rookie of the Year.
  • Played basketball for Boston Celtics (1956-1965).
  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 as a player and in 2015 as a coach.
  • Inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
  • Inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2016, with his broadcast partner Mike Gorman, for their 35 years of broadcasting Boston Celtics games.
  • Inducted into the [College of the] Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1962.
  • Only person who was associated with the Celtics in an official capacity (as a player, coach, or broadcaster) for each of their first 17 NBA championships, as well as all their NBA final appearances.
  • He was nominated for the 2025 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Sports category.

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