93,820 profiles ranked live

Joe Lapchick

✓ Source-basedrising

American basketball player and coach (1900-1970)

United StatesBasketball PlayersLived 1900 to 1970 · aged 70
Compare
Fame48.2
Momentum15.0
Languages10
In century#81,679

Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick 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 in his later years only by Tarzan Cooper.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Teams 1

Original Celtics

Basketball Players from United States 6

About this person

Joseph Bohomiel Lapchick 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 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 (1951-1953). He returned to St. John's, coaching them until 1965.

Country
United States
Category
Basketball Players
Type
Basketball Player
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1970 · aged 70
Written about in
10 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.