Bill Russel
Christiana Barbagallo
About His Life
Five-time NBA Most Valuable Player in 1958, 1961-1963, and 1965
He served as a color commentator for televised basketball games, in between his coaching jobs
In 1975 Russell is inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame
February 2011 he receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
July 17, 2014 he is briefly hospitalized after collapsing on-stage during a speaking engagement