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First Superman, then Peter Jennings, now the Red Baron. What is the world coming to.
Celtics' Red Auerbach in Hospital
Associated Press
BOSTON - Red Auerbach, the president and former coach of the Boston Celtics, has been hospitalized in Washington with an undisclosed health problem.
The 87-year-old coaching great has been in and out of the hospital the past month for tests and a successful surgical procedure, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said Thursday. Twiss would not identify the procedure or the hospital and said Auerbach was readmitted for an unspecified problem within the last 10 days.
A statement posted on the Celtics' Web site said: "The Auerbach family expresses their deepest appreciation for the concern pertaining to the health of their father. Red has been under the weather at times recently and he has taken steps with his doctor to return to feeling better. The family asks that you please respect their privacy during this time."
Auerbach, who turns 88 on Sept. 20, has two daughters, Nancy and Randy. Auerbach's wife, Dorothy, died in 2000. A woman who answered the phone at Auerbach's home in Washington referred all questions to Twiss.
Auerbach, who has spent the past 55 seasons with the Celtics, has had health problems before his latest hospitalization. In June, he was not feeling well enough to attend the Celtics' annual draft party in Waltham. The next month, he was unable to attend his weeklong summer basketball camp, which has been in operation for more than four decades. This year, it was held at the University of New Hampshire.
The Brooklyn, N.Y., native joined the Celtics organization in 1950 when he became the franchise's third head coach. After stepping down as coach in 1966, he served as general manager, president and vice chairman of the board.
As coach, he won nine NBA les with the Celtics, a record later tied by Phil Jackson. Auerbach posted a 938-479 regular-season record, including three seasons with the Washington Capitols and one with the Tri-Cities Hawks before joining the Celtics.
He once held the record for most wins as an NBA coach, a mark now held by Lenny Wilkens, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
First Superman, then Peter Jennings, now the Red Baron. What is the world coming to.
Supposedly he's in a coma
my toughts goes out to the familySupposedly he's in a coma
wow it would be a sad thing to say goodbye to the best coach of all time....
True, but luckily Pop isn't going anywhere.
man this sucks!
that man is a legend...
but if he has to go, I hopw it's while he's in the coma... just peacefully slipping away.
He's improving now ..
Associated Press
BOSTON -- Boston Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach was alert and comfortable after being hospitalized earlier this week for an unspecified ailment, a team spokesman said Friday.
The 87-year-old coaching great has been in and out of the hospital over the past month for tests and a successful surgical procedure, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said. He was readmitted for an unspecified problem within the last 10 days.
"He is talking and in general much more comfortable," Twiss said Friday. "Each day we see improvement."
Auerbach, the team's president and former coach, was being treated at an undisclosed hospital in Washington, where he lives.
In a statement posted on the Celtics' Web site, his family expressed "their deepest appreciation for the concern pertaining to the health of their father. Red has been under the weather at times recently and he has taken steps with his doctor to return to feeling better."
Auerbach, who turns 88 on Sept. 20, has two daughters, Nancy and Randy. Auerbach's wife, Dorothy, died in 2000.
Auerbach, who has spent the past 55 seasons with the Celtics, had health problems before his latest hospitalization. In June, he was not feeling well enough to attend the Celtics' annual draft party in Waltham. The next month, he was unable to attend his weeklong summer basketball camp, which has been in operation for more than four decades. This year, it was held at the University of New Hampshire.
The Brooklyn, N.Y., native joined the Celtics organization in 1950 when he became the franchise's third head coach. After stepping down as coach in 1966, he served as general manager, president and vice chairman of the board.
As coach, he won nine NBA les with the Celtics, a record later tied by Phil Jackson. Auerbach posted a 938-479 regular-season record, including three seasons with the Washington Capitols and one with the Tri-Cities Hawks before joining the Celtics.
He once held the record for most wins as an NBA coach, a mark now held by Lenny Wilkens, and was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
glad to see he;s doing well.
I'm originally from Connecticut. .and let me tell you : this guy means alot to the whole of new england.. he;s almost mythical.
It would be like if SA lost DROB.
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