Red Auerbach: Winning the Hard Way
Autobiography
By: Arnold Red Auerbach and Paul Sann
Date: 1966
Source: Auerbach, Arnold Red, and Paul Sann. Red Auerbach: Winning the Hard Way. Boston: Little, Brown, 1966, 86, 88–91, 94–95.
About the Author: Arnold "Red" Auerbach (1917–) was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from George Washington University, he coached high school basketball in Washington, D.C., then coached the Washington Capitals and Tri-Cities Hawks of the Basketball Association of America before going to the Boston Celtics in 1950. Auerbach won nine NBA championships between 1957 and 1966 as Celtics coach. Retiring as coach in 1966, he remained with the Celtics as general manager and president.
Introduction
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