Bill Russell
William Felton Russell (February 12, 1934 – July 31, 2022) was an American professional basketball player who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Val ...
(1934–2022) was an American basketball player and coach.
Bill or Billy Russell may also refer to:
Entertainment
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Bill Russell (composer) (1905–1992), American music historian and modernist composer
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Bill Russell (lyricist)
Bill Russell (born 1949) is an American librettist and lyricist. Among his stage musicals are ''Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens'' and ''Side Show'', which was nominated for the Tony Award as Best Musical.
Career
Russell's first musica ...
(born 1949), American librettist and lyricist
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Billy Russell (comedian) (1893–1971), English comedian and actor
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Bill Russell (illustrator), Canadian-American illustrator
Sports
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Bill Russell (pitcher) (fl. 1944), American baseball player
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Bill Russell (shortstop) (born 1948), American baseball player and manager
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Billy Russell (footballer, born 1935), English amateur international footballer
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Billy Russell (footballer, born 1959), Scottish footballer and manager
See also
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William Russell (disambiguation)
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