Basketball Intelligence Newsletter

Share this post

Bill Russell: First Wind, 1957

www.basketballintelligence.net
Historical Article Library

Bill Russell: First Wind, 1957

bobkuska
Apr 30, 2022
∙ Paid
Share

[While at home flipping through a manila folder full of newspaper articles, I happened upon this clip from the Boston Herald, dated January 10, 1971. Bob Temple, a long-time reporter at the paper, waxes nostalgic about the night of November 16, 1957. According to Temple, that’s when Boston’s second-year center Bill Russell and his defensive wizardry cha…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2023 Basketball Intelligence
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing