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Tom Heinsohn

1934 - 2020

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Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. He spent over 30 years as the color commentator for the Celtics' local broadcasts alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Gorman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Heinsohn is the 217th most popular basketball player (down from 126th in 2019), the 9,749th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,044th in 2019) and the 126th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Tom Heinsohn ranks 217 out of 1,757. Before him are Anatoli Polivoda, Vince Carter, Hal Greer, Chris Paul, Rick Carlisle, and Raúl Fernández. After him are Emiliano Rodríguez, Saša Obradović, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Savić, Gennadi Volnov, and Gail Goodrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tom Heinsohn ranks 475. Before him are Giuseppina Leone, Curtis Fuller, Evy Berggren, Stanton T. Friedman, Vladislav Illich-Svitych, and Jimmy Garrison. After him are Johnny Burnette, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ulf Schmidt, Jagdish Bhagwati, Michel Vermeulin, and Birutė Kalėdienė. Among people deceased in 2020, Tom Heinsohn ranks 628. Before him are Gregory Areshian, Seydou Diarra, Adam Musiał, Christian Poncelet, Dimitar Largov, and Judith Jarvis Thomson. After him are Vladislav Krapivin, Li Wenliang, Juan José Pizzuti, Spencer Davis, Hadi Khosroshahi, and Nicette Bruno.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 9,751 out of 20,380. Before him are John Kander (1927), Kathryn Crosby (1933), Edwin Booth (1833), Julian Casablancas (1978), August Dvorak (1894), and Daniel Brandenstein (1943). After him are Daniel Everett (1951), Lou Pearlman (1954), Roger Clemens (1962), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Henry Charles Carey (1793), and John Abizaid (1951).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 126. Before him are Russell Westbrook (1988), John Kundla (1916), Vince Carter (1977), Hal Greer (1936), Chris Paul (1985), and Rick Carlisle (1959). After him are Gail Goodrich (1943), Chris Finch (1969), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Carl Shy (1908), Dwyane Wade (1982), and Kenny Anderson (1970).

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