Black Basketball History Month!...Our Very First...'Hoopster Of The Week!...The Honorable Bill Russell!

 

Our Inaugural 'Hoopster Of The Week'

for this week 

goes to:

the Big Black Man (6-10, 215) that won the 

most (11) NBA Championship Rings, 

and five season MVP Awards, but the 

Finals MVP wasn't selected until 1969,

and the NBA called it the Bill Russel Finals 

MVP Award, and the championship years were 

1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 

1966, 1968, 1969,

plus many other accomplishments...

1957

 1959

1960

1961

1962

 1963

1964

 1965

1966

1968

1969

Hall of Fame inducted 1975, received in 2019

...Bill Russell!

Mr. Russell also happens to have a mid-upper-lip

Winge's Peak (elatus labialis wingeulus)

Black Basketball History Month was

founded by Ralph Winge, D.D.S.

in 2025 to acknowledge, praise,

and hold high, with cheer, the untold 

numbers of International Black Men 

and Women, both past and present, 

that made us go, "Wow!...Whoa!...

...and...OMGosh!" in their nonstop, 

valiant, and always surprising, 

individual and team 

efforts to put the ball through the 

hoop the most, to win games and 

championships!

Black Football History Month Salutes the 'Footballer Of The Week!'

The Founder of Black Basketball History Month,

Ralph Winge, D.D.S.,

is also a Basketball enthusiast,

USC Dental School Graduate,

and elucidator of elatus labialis wingeulus.

If you know a Basketball Practitioner who should be included here,

please leave a note in the comment section. Thank you!

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