Bill Russell (English Wikipedia)

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Bill Russell; Alan Steinberg (May 5, 2009). Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend. HarperCollins. pp. 145. ISBN 978-0-06-176614-5.
Taylor, John (2005). The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball. New York City: Random House. p. 361. ISBN 1-4000-6114-8.
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Russell, Bill; Steinberg, Alan (May 5, 2009). Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend. HarperCollins. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-0-06-176614-5.
Russell, Bill; Steinberg, Alan (May 5, 2009). Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend. HarperCollins. pp. 6. ISBN 978-0-06-176614-5.

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Walker, Sam (June 4, 2017). "The 'Coleman Play' introduced — and defined — Bill Russell's never-say-die leadership to Boston". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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Walker, Adrian (February 11, 2011). "Give Russell his due". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2017. Quoting Russell's 1979 memoir Second Wind.

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Holmes, Baxter (October 17, 2013). "Bill Russell statue to be unveiled Nov. 1". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
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