Celtics legend Bill Russell finally accepts Hall of Fame ring

 
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:06 am    Post subject: Celtics legend Bill Russell finally accepts Hall of Fame ring

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Celtics’ legend Russell finally accepts Hall of Fame ring


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Bill Russell says he’s finally ready to be a Hall of Famer.

The 11-time NBA champion, five-time MVP, Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champ said on Twitter on Friday that he was presented with his Hall of Fame ring in a private ceremony that comes three decades after he was first selected for the shrine in Springfield, Massachusetts.


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In a private ceremony w/my wife & close friends A.Mourning @AnnMeyers @billwalton & others I accepted my #HOF ring. In ‘75 I refused being the 1st black player to go into the @Hoophall I felt others before me should have that honor. Good to see progress; ChuckCooperHOF19 @NBA

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Russell didn’t attend his induction ceremony in 1975. He says he didn’t deserve to be the first black player inducted. He tweeted that he “felt others before me should have that honor.”

His tweet mentions Chuck Cooper, who in 1950 was the first African-American player drafted by the NBA and who was inducted this year.

Russell says the ceremony was attended by his wife, along with close friends and Hall of Famers Bill Walton, Ann Meyers and Alonzo Mourning.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 12:26 pm    Post subject:

its a shame he had to be a Celtic
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:10 pm    Post subject:

I love Bill Russell
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:25 am    Post subject:

The weird thing about this is that he would not have been the first black player in the Hall of Fame. He might have been the first NBA player, I guess, but that's not what he said.
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