Defensive Game
Competitive defender who used quick hands and anticipation to generate steals
Parcours de Carrière
Bob Cousy est une légende du basketball et l'une des figures les plus emblématiques de l'histoire des Boston Celtics. Formé à Holy Cross. 6× champion NBA. Son héritage continue d'inspirer des générations de fans et de joueurs à travers le monde.
Defensive Game
Competitive defender who used quick hands and anticipation to generate steals
Intangibles
Visionary floor general who saw passes before they existed. Changed how the position was played forever
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Bob Cousy dribbled and passed in ways the sport had never seen, won six championships with Boston, and became the first great Celtic. His #14 honors the man who invented modern point guard play.
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Boston Celtics
1950-1963
Cincinnati Royals
1969-1970
6x NBA Champion
1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
1x NBA MVP
1957
13x NBA All-Star
1951-1963 (every season with Celtics)
8x NBA Assists Leader
1953-1960 — eight consecutive seasons
Houdini of the Hardwood
Pioneered behind-the-back dribble and no-look pass
10x All-NBA First Team
1952-1961
16,960 Career Points
18.4 ppg career average
6,955 Career Assists
7.5 apg career average — revolutionary for his era
All-Star MVP
2x All-Star Game MVP (1954, 1957)
Point Guard Pioneer
Defined the modern point guard position with showmanship and passing
Revenus de Carrière
~$500K (pre-modern era)
Salaire NBA total estimé
Sponsors
Basketball Camps
Pioneered the concept of player-branded basketball camps
1960s-1980s
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Awarded by President Trump in 2019
2019
Partenaire
Missie Cousy (married 1950, until her passing in 2013)
Enfants (2)
Parents & Frères et sœurs
En Dehors du Terrain
Lifelong civil rights advocate
Close friend and ally of Bill Russell during the civil rights era
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Innovated the behind-the-back dribble and pass in competitive basketball
The Celtics originally did not want to draft him — they got him through a dispersal draft
Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019 at age 91
Born to French immigrant parents in Manhattan and grew up speaking French before English
Distinctions de Carrière
13x NBA All-Star
6x NBA Champion
1957 NBA MVP
8x NBA assists leader
Jersey #14 retired by Boston Celtics
Basketball Hall of Fame 1971
Presidential Medal of Freedom 2019
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