Bob Cousy Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More

Bob Cousy

Sports Persons (Basketball Player)

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Robert Joseph Cousy

BIRTHDAY

August 9, 1928

BORN ON DAY

Thursday

NEXT BIRTHDAY ON

Saturday

BIRTHPLACE

Manhattan, New York, United States

AGE

96 Years 8 Months 13 Days

NATIONALITY

American

PROFESSION

Sports Persons (Basketball Player)

ZODIAC

LEO

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

6'1''(feet & inches)

1.8542 meters

185.42 cm

WEIGHT

79 kg

173.8 lbs

Bob Cousy Family Members

Parents

MOTHER

Julliette Cousy

FATHER

Joseph Cousy

Bob Cousy Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Missie Ritterbusch (1950-)

Child(ren) of Bob Cousy and Missie Ritterbusch

Ticia Cousy (Daughter)

Marie Cousy (Daughter)

Fame & Address

SIGNATURE

DEBUT

FAMOUS FROM/AS

NBA Championship (1957)

Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Andrew Jackson High School, St Albans

NET WORTH

$3 Million

BOB COUSY PICTURE

More Information

Career of Bob Cousy

He became interested in the game when he was in elementary school at the age of 13. Also, he was a part of his college's basketball team. He started playing on a professional level in 1950. He joined the Boston Celtics. His performance was appreciated in the 1957-58 NBA season. However, he didn't perform well in the 1958?59 NBA season but again got attention in the following season. He retired from the game in 1963.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bob Cousy

Does Bob Cousy takes alcohol? NA.
Is Bob Cousy in the habit of Smoking? NA.
He was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in the year 1983.
Cousy was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented to him by President Donald Trump in August 2019.
After retiring from the game he started working as a coach at Boston College.
The player is strictly against racism as he was raised in a multicultural environment. He also declined his hotel room and accompanied his teammate Chuck Cooper in an uncomfortable overnight train. It was the worst experience of his life and he himself experienced how shameful is the act of racism as Cooper was not allowed to use for whites bathrooms and was forced to use a dirty for colored toilet.
The player became using both of his hands due to an injury on his right hand which he got as a result of falling from a tree at the time he was in high school.
Until he attended the age of five, he doesn't know a single word about English and started learning the language in his primary school. He used to speak only French with the family members up to the age of five.