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(Reuters) -Former Boston Celtics star Bill Russell, one of the sports world's greatest winners as the anchor of a team that won 11 NBA championships, ...

The Boston Celtics cornerstone went on to captain a gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and was at the helm for two NBA championships.

Bill Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr.

The Boston Celtics cornerstone went on to captain a gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and was at the helm for two NBA championships.

The Boston Celtics cornerstone went on to captain a gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team and was at the helm for two NBA championships.

His career has included a Presidential Medal of Freedom, induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and 11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics.

Bill Russell led the Celtics to 11 NBA championships and earned 5 MVP awards. The award was eventually renamed in his honor.

Bill Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr.

Bill Russell anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr.

BOSTON -- Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country.