Tom Heinsohn
Tom Heinsohn was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States on August 26th, 1934 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 86, Tom Heinsohn biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Thomas William Heinsohn (born August 26, 1934) is an American retired professional basketball player.
He has been associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster.
He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978.
He has since spent over thirty years as the color commentator for the Celtics' local broadcasts alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Gorman.
He has been regarded as one of the most iconic and charismatic Celtics of the 1950s-60s championship teams, being called “the godfather of the city of Boston,” by former teammate John Havlicek.
Tom Heinsohn has been granted Hall of Fame status for his contributions as a player.
He has also been inducted into the Hall of Fame for his success as a head coach.
He also helped form the NBA Players Association.
Heinsohn is the only person to have the distinction of being involved in an official team capacity in each of the Celtics' 17 championships, as well as each of their 21 NBA Finals appearances.
Awards and honors
- 10-time NBA Champion (eight as a player, two as a head coach)
- 1957 Rookie of the Year
- Six-time NBA All-Star
- 1973 Coach of the Year
- Two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (as a player in 1986, and as a coach in 2015)
- Recipient of the 1995 Jack McMahon Award by the National Basketball Coaches Association
- Recipient of the 2009 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award by the NBA Coaches Association
- Number 15 retired by the Boston Celtics.
- Number 24 retired by Holy Cross