# Honey Russell

> John David "Honey" Russell was an American basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1964. He turned professional after his sophomore year of high school, and for the next 28 years he played for numerous early 20th century pro teams, including many in the American Basketball League. His career included over 3,200 pro games. He was the first coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics (1946–1948).

*American basketball player (1902-1973)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/honey-russell

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1902-05-31
- **Died:** 1973-11-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Russell (basquetebolista)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(basquetebolista))
- [جون راسيل (لاعب كرة سلة)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9))
- [جون راسيل (لاعب كرة السله)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%87))
- [Honey Russell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Russell)
- [John Russell (baloncestista)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(baloncestista))
- [John Russell (basket-ball)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(basket-ball))
- [John Russell (baloncesto)](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_(baloncesto))
- [Honey Russell](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Russell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730913)

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