Celtics legend Tom Heinsohn, champion as player and coach, dies at 86
Tom Heinsohn reports for his first season as Celtics coach in 1969. DAN GOSHTIGIAN/GLOBE STAFF/THE BOSTON GLOBE https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/10/sports/celtics-legend-tom-heinsohn-champion-player-coach-dies-86/?fbclid=IwAR1Iho6FMq3EUgGvIaR72zJSsmPzCBSmqlDKzR9NPM7pY0Vpa6rzYsP6mf8 Celtics legend Tom Heinsohn, champion as player and coach, dies at 86 By John Powers Globe Correspondent, Updated November 10, 2020, 1:56 p.m. Tom Heinsohn, the Celtics’ accomplished and animated renaissance man who was involved in all 17 of the franchise’s National Basketball Association titles as a player, coach, and commentator , has died, the team has confirmed. He was 86. On the parquet, Mr. Heinsohn was a no-holds-barred net-ripper, an irrepressible fixture alongside stars Bob Cousy and Bill Russell in the Celtics’ golden age of the late 1950s and 1960s. Mr. Heinsohn collected eight championship rings in nine seasons as a player and was named an All-Star six times on his way to the Basketbal...