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imanamerican63

(16,410 posts) Fri Feb 12, 2021, 07:58 PM Feb 2021

Happy birthday to Bill Russell!

He turned 87 today! One of the best basketball player ever!

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Happy birthday to Bill Russell! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Feb 2021 OP

The best. Put team first. cachukis Feb 2021 #1

Has he ever seen Corgigal Feb 2021 #2

A good basketball player and a genius at strategy grantcart Feb 2021 #3

For scoring take Jabbar or Chamberlain. For winning take Russell. dameatball Feb 2021 #4

HUGE fan of Bill... dhill926 Feb 2021 #5

Go Bill! Tanuki Feb 2021 #6

cachukis

(4,082 posts)

1. The best. Put team first.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 07:59 PM

Feb 2021

Corgigal

(9,298 posts)

2. Has he ever seen

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:00 PM

Feb 2021

a movie about gladiators?

Ha..Happy Birthday.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

3. A good basketball player and a genius at strategy

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:02 PM

Feb 2021

Maybe the smartest professional athlete in history.

dameatball

(7,671 posts)

4. For scoring take Jabbar or Chamberlain. For winning take Russell.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:26 PM

Feb 2021

dhill926

(16,953 posts)

5. HUGE fan of Bill...

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:48 PM

Feb 2021

greatest winner of all time, and a phenomenal human being. I idolized those Celtic teams...and he was my fav of favs...

Tanuki

(16,508 posts)

6. Go Bill!

Reply to imanamerican63 (Original post)

Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:51 PM

Feb 2021

Here he is, wearing his Presidential Medal of Freedom, taking a knee in solidarity in 2017.

Link to tweet

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