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Tom Heinsohn

1934 - 2020

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Thomas William Heinsohn (August 26, 1934 – November 9, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six decades as a player, coach and broadcaster. He played for the Celtics from 1956 to 1965, and also coached the team from 1969 to 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Heinsohn has received more than 1,426,825 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Heinsohn is the 137th most popular basketball player (down from 96th in 2019), the 7,591st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,224th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Tom Heinsohn ranks 137 out of 1,268Before him are Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Gennadi Volnov, Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Tracy McGrady, Dell Curry, and Jo Jo White. After him are Dave DeBusschere, Jonas Kazlauskas, Jason Williams, Joann Lõssov, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Zurab Sakandelidze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Tom Heinsohn ranks 373Before him are Pino Caruso, Johnny Burnette, Ray Wilson, Ulrich Plenzdorf, Joan Hackett, and Bobby Unser. After him are Stanley Turrentine, Kjell Bäckman, Christian Wolff, King Curtis, Fernando Cardenal, and Michael Dunn. Among people deceased in 2020, Tom Heinsohn ranks 478Before him are Carlos Contreras, Lyle Mays, Mario Ghella, Marlene Ahrens, Emilio Caprile, and Fritz d'Orey. After him are Samantha Fox, Ignacio Trelles, Índio, Marcelino dos Santos, Sergei Adian, and Francisco Rodríguez Adrados.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 7,591 out of 18,182Before him are Fisher Stevens (1963), Jo Jo White (1946), James Burnham (1905), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Mike Mills (1958), and Samuel Eliot Morison (1887). After him are William M. Evarts (1818), Maurice Greene (1974), Charles Dana Gibson (1867), Glynn Turman (1947), Bart D. Ehrman (1955), and Tony Trabert (1930).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Tom Heinsohn ranks 87Before him are Hal Greer (1936), Walt Bellamy (1939), Doc Rivers (1961), Tracy McGrady (1979), Dell Curry (1964), and Jo Jo White (1946). After him are Dave DeBusschere (1940), Jason Williams (1975), Mark Eaton (1957), Earl Monroe (1944), Dwight Howard (1985), and Dennis Johnson (1954).