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Bob Cousy
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American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Basketball
- Basketball is my life
- Cousy on the Celtic mystique
- The killer instinct
- The last loud roar
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. Cousy played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969-70 season.
Known for
- Celtics City — Self2025
- Rhythm Masters: A Mickey Hart Experience2024
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Boston Celtics 1950-632023
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Mr. Russell's House — Archive Footage2013
- Basketball Man — Self2007
- The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World — Self2005
- Celtic Pride — Self1996
- Blue Chips — Vic1994
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-05-24
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Cousy">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 58,228x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,178x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,092x
- The Complete Genome Sequence of
<i>Escherichia coli</i>
K-12
· 1997 · cited 5,891x
- <i>Stan</i>
: A Probabilistic Programming Language
· 2017 · cited 5,659x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-08-09 ) August 9, 1928 (age 97) , New York City , New York, U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Listed weight
- 175 lb (79 kg)
- High school
- Andrew Jackson , ( Queens , New York)
- College
- Holy Cross (1946–1950)
- Nba draft
- 1950 : 1st round, 3rd overall pick
- Drafted by
- Tri-Cities Blackhawks
- Playing career
- 1950–1963, 1969–1970
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 14, 19
- Coaching career
- 1963–1973
- 1950 1963
- Boston Celtics
- 1969 1970
- Cincinnati Royals
- 1963 1969
- Boston College
- 1969 1973
- Cincinnati Royals / Kansas City-Omaha Kings
- Points
- 16,960 (18.4 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 4,786 (5.2 rpg)
- Assists
- 6,955 (7.5 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- _Retired Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Bob Cousy (1).jpeg
- Height
- 185
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1928-08-09
- Commons category
- Bob Cousy
- end of work period
- 1963-00-00
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
Sources (6)
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Article
Robert Joseph Cousy (/ˈkuːzi/ KOO-zee, born August 9, 1928) is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals during the 1969–70 season. A 13-time NBA All-Star and 1957 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), Cousy was a core piece during the early half of the Celtics dynasty, winning six NBA championships during his 13-year tenure with the Celtics. Nicknamed "The Houdini of the Hardwood", Cousy was the NBA assists leader for eight consecutive seasons, introducing a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills to the NBA. He is regarded as the first great point guard of the NBA, and was the first to reach the 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 career assists milestones.
Making his high school varsity squad as a junior, Cousy went on to earn a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, where he led the Crusaders to berths in the 1948 NCAA Tournament and the 1950 NCAA Tournament, while winning NCAA All-American honors for three seasons. Cousy entered the 1950 NBA draft and was initially drafted by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks as the third overall pick in the first round, but after he refused to report he was picked up by Boston. Following his playing career with the Celtics he served as a college basketball coach and an NBA head coach for the Cincinnati Royals.