in full Robert Joseph Cousy
born Aug. 9, 1928, New York, N.Y., U.S.
U.S. basketball player and coach.
He played collegiate ball at Holy Cross College and joined the Boston Celtics in 1950. One of the game's great ball-handling guards and playmakers, he led the NBA in assists from 1953 to 1960. He left the Celtics to coach at Boston College (196369), but he eventually returned to the professional game as coach of the Cincinnati Royals (196973).