Red Auerbach — Infoplease.com

	Site Map \| FAQ in Daily Almanac for Jul 10, 2009 Search White Pages
Skip Navigation Home Summer Guide Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Features Quizzes Timelines Countries Slideshows

Fact Monster Kid's reference,
games, quizzes

Help us improve Infoplease!
Start Survey

Editor's Favorites

Last updated on February 1, 2009

Sports > Halls of Fame/Who's Who > A - C

Red Auerbach

Born: Sept. 20, 1917
Basketball

4th winningest coach (regular season and playoffs) in NBA history; won 1,037 times in 20 years; as coach-GM, led Boston to 9 NBA titles, including 8 in a row (1959-66); also coached defunct Washington Capitols (1946-49); NBA Coach of the Year award named after him; retired as Celtics coach in 1966 and as GM in '84; club president from 1970 to 1997 and then again from 2001 until his death in 2006.

Died: Oct. 28, 2006

Evelyn Ashford

A - C

Tracy Austin

More on Red Auerbach from Infoplease:

Red Auerbach - Auerbach, Red Auerbach, Red (Arnold Jacob Auerbach), 1917–2006, American basketball coach and ...
Auerbach: meaning and definitions - Auerbach: Definition and Pronunciation
Red Auerbach - Red Auerbach Age: 89 voted the greatest coach in N.B.A. history by the Professional Basketball ...
A - F - A - F June Allyson Robert Altman R. W. Apple, Jr., Paul Arizin Lillian Gertrud Asplund Heinz ...
September 20 Birthdays: Upton Sinclair - September 20 birthdays: Upton Sinclair, Guy Lafleur, Red Auerbach, Sophia Loren, Sir James Dewar , Herbert Putnam, Dr. Joyce Brothers

Premium Partner Content

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Red Auerbach

Red Auerbach, a basketball legend, dies at 89 (Washington Jewish Week)

Hoop dreaming.(former basketball coach Red Auerbach)(Interview) (Esquire)

Requiem for a sport ...(HERE BELOW)(appreciation for Red Auerbach and Paul Arizin) (Coach and Athletic Director)

What I've Learned.(basketball coach Red Auerbach)(Brief Article) (Esquire)

Andy Phillip: pulled out of retirement by Red Auerbach, a hall-of-famer finally got his shot at an NBA title. (The Game I'll Never Forget).(basketball player)(Interview) (Basketball Digest)

Blink.(Henry Schleiff of Crown Media Holdings Inc. markets Hallmark Channel to Mediacom Communications Corp.)(NBA Entertainment commercials to show Red Auerbach)(Fox Television Studios's 24 does not go well with the Army) (TelevisionWeek)

First-class coaches: from Red Auerbach to Riles and K.C. to P.J., we break down the all-time best on the bench.(baskeball coaches Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, and K.C. Jones) (Basketball Digest)

Final Bows; Transition 2006: We mourn performers, politicians, two photographers, two great economists. (And to a pair of tyrants: don't let the door hit you on your way out.).(Joe Rosenthal, Dana Reeve, Mickey Spillane, Milton Friedman, Red Auerbach, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Caspar Weinberger) (Newsweek)

Red Auerbach.(tribute to legendary coach of the Boston Celtics basketball club)(Interview) (Coach and Athletic Director)

Auerbach's rules of engagement (Sporting News)

Infoplease Tools