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Bob Cousy
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Bob Cousy

1963

During a tearful farewell at Boston Garden on Bob Cousy Day, as the retiring 34-year-old Celtics star tries to compose himself, a throaty fan in the upper balcony relieves an awkward silence by hollering the instantly famous, "We love ya, Cooz!"


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