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Apr 12, 1900 Yonkers, New York, United States Died on 10 Aug 1970 (aged 70)
American basketball player and coach
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About Joe Lapchick
- Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick (April 12, 1900 – August 10, 1970) was an American professional basketball player, mostly known for playing with the Original Celtics in the 1920s and 1930s.
- He is commonly regarded as the best center of his era, overshadowed (if anything) in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper.
- After ending his playing career in 1937, Lapchick became head coach at St.
- John's University, a position he held until 1947, when he took over the New York Knicks in the NBA.
- Lapchick coached the Knicks until 1957, leading them to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (1951–53).
- He returned to St.
- John's, coaching them until 1965.
