Death of a Basketball Legend

There are some names in professional sports that are pretty well known by everyone, whether you are a fan or not.

Baseball has Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron.
Hockey has Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky.
Football has Vince Lombardi, George Halas and Tom Landry.
Basketball has Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Red Auerbach.

I haven't really followed basketball since the early 90's. Whenever I would follow up on the local team, the Boston Celtics, the name of Red Auerbach would always be involved in some way. Not anymore.

Red Auerbach died earlier today at age 89. Anyone who is a fan of basketball in any way knows what kind of impact Red Auerbach had on the NBA.

Here's a link from espn that can do better justice to recapping the life of a legend.


This plaque can be found near a lifesize statue of Red Auerbach at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston.