Boston Celtics 2020 Daily Sports Calendar

cowens/oldschool wrote:Bill Russell  Lost in 1958
Sam Jones Lost in 1958
John Havlicek

One for three. Keep trying.

It has to be a player who played after the 1957-58 season.

bobc33 wrote:Bill Russell Lost in 1958
Sam Jones Lost in 1958
Satch Sanders

Cow obviously guessed the first two before me.

One out of three.

Two down, one to go.

No partial credit. (Precedent has been set.) First to list all three players in a post wins the point.

Hondo
Satch
KC Jones

bobc33 wrote:Hondo
Satch
KC Jones

BobC,

Correct.

https://www.landofbasketball.com/records/finals_lost.htm

Scroll to the bottom to see the least losses.  It includes a column with most wins

Thanks for playing.

That was a decent draft!

Football by the Cleveland Browns. (Really don’t deserve a point for this one.)

bobc33 wrote:Football by the Cleveland Browns.  (Really don’t deserve a point for this one.)

Did you have to Google it?

BTW, I knew it was football. I wasn't sure what team, but I suspected it was the Browns.

gyso wrote:

bobc33 wrote:Football by the Cleveland Browns.  (Really don’t deserve a point for this one.)

Did you have to Google it?

BTW, I knew it was football.  I wasn't sure what team, but I suspected it was the Browns.

No google, just knew he was the last player cut by the Browns and I believe the Browns kept a young HOF receiver over Hondo.

BobC33, some guy named Paul Warfield, pretty sure you've heard of him.

willjr wrote:BobC33, some guy named Paul Warfield, pretty sure you've heard of him.

Remember him well. No shame in losing out to him, but wow how close we were to Hondo never playing in the NBA!

Bobcc33, my apologies. I answered by repeating an oft told tale, that Hondo was cut in favor of Warfield. Actually Hondo went to camp with the Browns in 1962, Warfield's first year was 1964. Jim Brown, Gene Hickerson, Lou Groza, Mike McCormick, and of course Coach Paul Brown are all HoF'ers  but none were Wide Receivers.
But as an aside, John was also offered deals by the Yankees, Pirates, and Tigers to play MLB. He would have to be on the short list of greatest all around athlete in NBA history.

Trivia Question:

The movie came out in 1953 and starred John Wayne.  Name any two other actors/actresses to play in the movie.

(Extra trivia.  Our Sam (Dick Dorr), always insisted that the nickname "Hondo" wasn't used by other players.  Instead, it was for the most part used by the media and fans.)

Trivia Question:

What year was the Coach of the Year award first given as the "Red Auerbach Trophy"?

1972-73 season

willjr wrote:1972-73 season

willjr,

Correct.

Dave Cowens was voted the NBA MVP for the 1972-73 season.

Thanks for playing.

Cousy, Russell, Cowens and Bird?

bobc33 wrote:Cousy, Russell, Cowens and Bird?

BobC,

Correct.

Russell (5x)
Bird (3x)
Cousy (1x)
Cowens (1x)

Thanks for playing.

Trivia Question:

Name the two other Celtics players to be named NBA Rookie of the Year.