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Joe Lapchick
August 10, 1970
American basketball player and coach (1900–1970)
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Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick was an American basketball player, best known for playing for the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s. He is considered one of the best center players of the time, along with Tarzan Cooper. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1966.
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- Anniversary · August 10
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