December
8, 1950
”Mr Basketball” takes his
Bride
NBA great Bob Cousy at age 22
weds his college sweetheart Missie Ritterbusch.
Cousy played point guard with the
Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963. Cousy led the league in assists eight
straight times and introduced a new blend of ball-handling and passing skills
that earned him the nicknames "Cooz", "The Houdini of the
Hardwood", and—as he was regularly introduced at Boston Garden—"Mr.
Basketball".
He was elected into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1971, and in his honor, the
Celtics retired his #14 jersey and hung it in the rafters of Boston Garden.
Cousy was named to the NBA 25th Anniversary Team in 1971, the NBA 35th
Anniversary Team in 1981, and the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996,
making him one of only four players that were selected to each of those teams.
Also he was the first president of National Basketball Players Association.
Cousy married his college sweetheart,
Missie Ritterbusch,, six months after he graduated from Holy Cross. They lived
in Worcester, Massachusetts, and had two daughters, Missie died on September 20,
2013, after suffering from dementia for several years.
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