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Red Auerbach

1917 - 2006

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Arnold Jacob "Red" Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was an American professional basketball coach and executive. As a head coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he led the Boston Celtics on an unprecedented championship run, winning eight consecutive NBA championships from 1959 to 1966. Before coaching the Celtics, Auerbach was head coach of the Washington Capitols, of the Basketball Association of America, and Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now the Atlanta Hawks) of the NBA. At his retirement, Auerbach held multiple NBA coaching records, with 938 wins and 9 championships. After his retirement from coaching, he served as president and front-office executive of the Boston Celtics until his death in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Red Auerbach is the 73rd most popular basketball player (down from 47th in 2019), the 5,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,746th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Red Auerbach ranks 73 out of 1,757. Before him are Ivo Daneu, Aleksandar Đorđević, Manute Bol, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Dejan Bodiroga, and Modestas Paulauskas. After him are Pete Maravich, Rick Barry, Petar Skansi, Jānis Krūmiņš, Hot Rod Hundley, and Rimas Kurtinaitis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Red Auerbach ranks 176. Before him are Ernst von Glasersfeld, Vasily Mishin, Mouloud Mammeri, Bertil Nordahl, Lena Horne, and I Gusti Ngurah Rai. After him are Musine Kokalari, André Waterkeyn, Zainab al Ghazali, Jean Lucas, Betty Holberton, and William P. Gottlieb. Among people deceased in 2006, Red Auerbach ranks 185. Before him are Tetsurō Tamba, Henri Colpi, Paul Hunter, Jean-Louis de Rambures, Vilgot Sjöman, and Paul Gleason. After him are Andreas Katsulas, Rainer Barzel, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Kathleen Antonelli, and Zsuzsa Körmöczy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Red Auerbach ranks 5,144 out of 20,380. Before him are Dave Schultz (1959), Rosalyn Tureck (1914), Robert Monroe (1915), Rebecca Romijn (1972), Sam Rivers (1923), and Joseph Leidy (1823). After him are Jeff Conaway (1950), Ray Romano (1957), Russell Banks (1940), Charlie Christian (1916), George Seaton (1911), and Kevin Hagen (1928).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Red Auerbach ranks 45. Before him are John Havlicek (1940), Nikos Galis (1957), Moses Malone (1955), Byron Scott (1961), John Stockton (1962), and Metta World Peace (1979). After him are Pete Maravich (1947), Rick Barry (1944), Hot Rod Hundley (1934), Robert Parish (1953), Charles Barkley (1963), and Maurice Cheeks (1956).

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