Today is Basketball Legend Bill Russel's 85 birthday. He is considered one of the best players

[jalan48]

of all time.

https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2019/2/12/18221677/bill-russell-85-birthday-cake-breakfast-ring-pops

There's too much to say about him here so I'm posting the Wikipedia page. He's an amazing man in many different ways. Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011 for his accomplishments on the court and in the Civil Rights Movement.

In Russell's honor the NBA renamed the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy in 2009: it is now the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson, who passed away February 7th, was one of Russell's high school basketball teammates at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell

[uponit7771]

1. Amen!! 85 and that tall, I wonder what his diet is ?! Usually tall guys don't live that long

[jalan48]

2. He's a healthy man!

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Love Bill Russell!!! nt

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[lunasun]

4. Kick

[Botany]

5. You can have your Jordan vs LeBron as per the best of all time debate but Bill was the man

As player:
11× NBA champion (1957, 1959–1966, 1968, 1969)
5× NBA Most Valuable Player (1958, 1961–1963, 1965)
12× NBA All-Star (1958–1969)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1963)
3× All-NBA First Team (1959, 1963, 1965)
8× All-NBA Second Team (1958, 1960–1962, 1964, 1966–1968)
NBA All-Defensive First Team (1969)
4× NBA rebounding champion (1958, 1959, 1964, 1965)
NBA 50th Anniversary Team
NBA 35th Anniversary Team
NBA 25th Anniversary Team
No. 6 retired by Boston Celtics
2× NCAA champion (1955, 1956)
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (1955)
UPI College Player of the Year (1956)
2× Helms Player of the Year (1955, 1956)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1955, 1956)
WCC Player of the Year (1956)
No. 6 retired by the University of San Francisco
As coach:

2× NBA champion (1968, 1969)

[jalan48]

6. Jordan won six championships with the Bulls, Russell won eleven with the Celtics.

Mind boggling really, it may not be accomplished again.

[oasis]

7. Awesome back in the day!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Bill Russell was the best - and he still is a star!

He was my Dad's favorite player when I was a kid - so he's always been mine, too!