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Joe Lapchick

Joe Lapchick

American basketball player
Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed in his later years only by... Wikipedia
Born: April 12, 1900, Yonkers, NY
Died: August 10, 1970 (age 70 years), Monticello, NY
Team coached: New York Knicks (Head coach, 1947–1956)
Height: 6′ 5″
Hall of fame induction: 1966