Chris Ford, champ as player, coach with Celtics, dies at 74
The family revealed the death through the Celtics on Wednesday.
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The family revealed the death through the Celtics on Wednesday.
Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league's first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced Wednesday in a statement. He was 74.
Of every Celtics coach to come up just short in their pursuit of a championship, nobody deserved one more than the hardworking Ford. But it seemed like something unpredictable always stood in the way.
Of every Celtics coach to come up just short in their pursuit of a championship, nobody deserved one more than the hardworking Ford. But it seemed like something unpredictable always stood in the way.
Of every Celtics coach to come up just short in their pursuit of a championship, nobody deserved one more than the hardworking Ford. But it seemed like something unpredictable always stood in the way.