Bob Cousy
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"Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy" is a retired American professional basketball player. Cousy played point guard with the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963 and briefly with the Sacramento Kings/Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season. Cousy first demonstrated his basketball abilities while playing for his high school varsity team in his eleventh grade/junior year. He obtained a scholarship to the College of the Holy Cross, where he led the Crusaders to berths in the 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1948 NCAA Tournament and 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/1950 NCAA Tournament and was named an NCAA All-American for 3 seasons. Cousy was initially drafted as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks/Tri-Cities Blackhawks, but after he refused to report, he was picked up by Boston. Cousy had a very successful career with the Celtics, playing on six championship teams, being voted into 13 NBA All-Star Games and 12 All-NBA Team/All-NBA First and Second Teams and winning the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1957.

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I think Allen is remarkable to watch. I can't get over how he keeps throwing his body into bigger guys, crashing to the floor and just getting right back up.

Al has done a great job. Basketball has never been too high on the totem pole in Chestnut Hill, but he has really brought it out there to the spotlight.

This is a way to pay your dues and feel like you're contributing in a small way, ... There's nothing more compelling than that.

[Teammate] Ed Macauley and I would come back to our hotel from Mass on Sunday morning, and some guys with pushed-in noses would be sitting in lobby chairs watching us. We'd deliberately limp or put our arms in slings and watch them scatter to the phones, imagining them calling their bookies telling them we were injured.

I really like the way he sees the court and finds the open man.

He transcended the game. People came to see him as much as they came to see the game.

A lot of areas have golf tournaments for good causes, ... but this one is special to me.

He literally carried the league. He gave us recognition and acceptance when we were at the bottom of the totem pole in professional sports.