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Bob Cousy & Bill Sharman Celtics signed 8x10 Photo COA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bill Sharman Position(s) Guard Jersey #(s) 10, 21 Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Born May 25, 1926 (age 84) Abilene, Texas Career information Year(s) 1950–1961 NBA Draft 1950 / Round: 2 Selected by Washington Capitols College USC Professional team(s) Washington Capitols (1950-1951) Boston Celtics (1951-1961) Career stats (NBA) Points 12,665 Rebounds 2,779 Assists 2,101 Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com Career highlights and awards 8x NBA All-Star (1953-1960) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1955) AP All-American 2nd team (1950) 4x All-NBA 1st team (1956-1959) 3x All-NBA 2nd team (1953, 1955, 1960) 7x NBA Free Throw Percentage Leader (1953-1957, 1959, 1961) ABA Coach of the Year (1970) NBA Coach of the Year (1972) NBA 25th Anniversary Team NBA's 50 Greatest Players Basketball Hall of Fame as player Basketball Hall of Fame as coach Coaching San Francisco Warriors (1966-1968) Los Angeles/Utah Stars (1968-1971) Los Angeles Lakers (1971-1976) William Walton "Bill" Sharman (born May 25, 1926 in Abilene, Texas) is a former professional basketball player and coach. Sharman completed high school in the rural city of Porterville, California and is mostly known for his time with the Boston Celtics in the 1950s, partnering with Bob Cousy in what some consider the greatest backcourt duo of all time. While Cousy was primarily the playmaker, Sharman was the shooter. From 1950 to 1955 Sharman played professional baseball in the Brooklyn Dodgers minor league system. He was called up to the Dodgers late in the 1951 season but did not appear in a game; as a result of a September 27 game in which the entire Brooklyn bench was ejected from the game for arguing with the umpire, Sharman holds the distinction of being the only player to have ever been ejected from a major league game without ever appearing in one. Sharman was one of the first guards to shoot better than .400 from the field. He led the NBA in free throw percentage seven times, and his mark of 93.2% in the 1958–59 season remained the NBA record until Ernie DiGregorio topped it in 1976–77. Sharman still holds the record for consecutive free throws in the playoffs with 56. Sharman was named to the All-NBA First Team from 1956 through 1959, and was an All-NBA Second Team member in 1953, 1955, and 1960. Sharman played in eight NBA All-Star games, and was named the 1955 NBA All-Star Game MVP. Sharman ended his career after 11 seasons in 1961. In 1970–71 he coached the Utah Stars to an ABA title and was a co-recipient of the ABA Coach of the Year honors. The following season he guided the Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West-led Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA record 33 game win streak, a then-record 69-13 win-loss mark, the first Lakers championship in more than a decade, and was named NBA Coach of the Year. He is one of two men to win NBA and ABA championships as a coach; coincidentally, the other, Alex Hannum, also coached a Chamberlain-led team (the 1967 Philadelphia 76ers) to an NBA championship. Sharman was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1976 as a player and in 2004, he was also enshrined as a coach. He is one of only three people to be enshrined in both categories, afterJohn Wooden and Lenny Wilkens. On October 29, 1996, Sharman was named one of the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and served during World War II from 1944 to 1946 in the US Navy. Sharman is the author of two books, Sharman on Basketball Shooting and The Wooden-Sharman Method: A Guide to Winning Basketball with John Wooden and Bob Selzer. The gymnasium at Porterville High School is named after him. After his former basketball team the Los Angeles Jets dissolved in 1962, he sued to enforce his employment contract with the Jets, culminating in the case Sharman v. Longo (1967) 249 Cal.App.2d 948. Bob Cousy Bob Cousy (left) going after the basketball Position(s) Point guard Jersey #(s) 14 Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Born August 9, 1928 (age 81) New York City Career information Year(s) 1950–1963, 1970 NBA Draft 1950 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 Selected by Tri-Cities Blackhawks College Holy Cross (1946–1950) Professional team(s) Boston Celtics (1950–1963) Cincinnati Royals (1969–1970) Career stats (NBA) Points 16,960 Assists 6,955 Games played 924 Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com Career highlights and awards 6× NBA champion (1957, 1959, 1960, 1961,1962, 1963) 13× All-Star (1951–1963) 1× Most Valuable Player (1957) 10× All-NBA First Team (1952–1961) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1962, 1963) 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1954, 1957) NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team NBA 35th Anniversary Team NBA 25th Anniversary Team Basketball Hall of Fame as player Coaching Cincinnati Royals (1969–1973) Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy (born August 9, 1928) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" (1.85-m), 175-pound (79.4-kg) Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season. Cousy first demonstrated his basketball abilities while playing for his high school varsity team in his junior year. He obtained a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, where he led the Crusaders to berths in the 1948 and 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was named an NCAA All-American for three seasons. Cousy was initially drafted as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, but after he refused to report with the Blackhawks, he was picked up by the Boston Celtics. Cousy had a highly successful career with the Celtics, winning six championship rings, being voted into 13All-Star and 12 All-NBA First and Second Teams and winning the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1957.[1] In his first 11 seasons in the NBA, Cousy led the league in assists eight consecutive times and introduced a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills, earning him the nicknames "The Cooz," "Houdini of the Hardwood",[2] and—as he was regularly introduced at Boston Garden—"Mr. Basketball." After his player career, he coached the Royals for several years, and even made a short comeback for the Royals at age 41. Afterwards, he became a broadcaster for Celtics games. He was elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971, and in his honor, the Celtics retired his number 14 jersey and hung it into the rafters of the Boston Garden, where it has remained since.[2] Cousy was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971, the NBA 35th Anniversary Teamin 1981, and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996, making him one of only four players that were selected to each of those teams.

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