On this day: red name Bill Russell head coach; Sam Jones moved in

On this day in the history of Boston Celtics, the legendary trainer and general manager Red Auerbach announced that the legendary Boston Big Man Bill Russell would replace him as head coach.

At the beginning of the season, Auerbach revealed that the NBA season 1965-66 would be its last as head coach, and after she lost game 1 of the 1966 NBA final, the Celtics light revealed that Russell followed him. Born in Louisiana, the first black head coach of a large professional sports team in North America would become – no matter, just basketball – and Boston won the NBA championship from 1966.

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Auerbach remained as General Manager of the team until the end of the 1980s and was involved in team matters until his death in 2006.

It is the date on which the Celtics in the NBA design of 1957 moved in the shooting guard Legend Sam Jones. Jones was chosen eight, played his college ball in North Carolina Central and led into a career in a career with Boston. The North Carolinian won 10 titles with the Celtics and failed between 1962 and 1968 in five all-star games in five all-star games.

It is the birthday of the early Boston Big Man Andy Duncan, who played 14 games for the Celtics in the 1950-51 NBA season. The player William and Mary player, born in 1922, scored an average of 2.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 0.6 in his short stay at Boston.

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It is also the birthday of the former Celtics Center Theo Ratliff, who was born in 1973 in Demopolis, Alabama. Ratliff was traded in the summer of 2006 by the Portland Trail Blazers together with Sebastian Telfair and draft ability for Dan Dickau, Randy Foye and Raef Lafenz to Boston. Ratliff played two games for the Celtics due to back problems before he was treated with Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Telfair and draft of the Minnesota Timberwolves for Kevin Garnett. He achieved an average of 2.5 points, 3.5 boards and 1.5 blocks per competition in this very short run with Boston.

It is the birthday of Small striker Ed Searcy, another Celtics-short-timer who played four games for Boston in 1975. Searcy, who was born in New York City in 1952, scored an average of 1.5 points and 0.3 templates in this stint and won a championship with the team obsessive in the technical sense, the playoffs began.

Finally Searcy, Ratliff and Duncan share their birthday with the ex-Celtics shooter Matt Ryan. In a strange pattern, Ryan was another short timer in Boston, who appeared in just one regular season game for the Celtics.

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Born in white plains, New York, was born on this day in 1997 and played his college ball in Notre Dame, Vanderbilt and Chattanooga before joining Boston as unsigned free agent to fill a two -way slot. Ryan logged 3 points in his sole game with the Celtics.

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This article originally appeared in Celtics Wire: On this day: Red Names Bill Russell head coach; Sam Jones moved in