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The league they entered into

The league they entered into, Russell was oneof the very few Black players...

Goliath • S01E01 • 2023

The league they entered into, Russell was one
of the very few Black players at all in the NBA in 1956, and one of the reasons that
he was available to the Celtics as the third pick in the draft
is that the St. Louis Hawks were not going to have
a Black player period

Full Transcript

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The league they entered into,

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Russell was one of the very few Black players

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at all in the NBA in 1956,

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and one of the reasons that he was available to the Celtics

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as the third pick in the draft is that the St. Louis Hawks

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were not going to have a Black player period.

Duration

15 seconds

Views

31

Timestamp in Movie

00:29:41

Uploaded

Mar 14, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

Genres

documentary, biography, sport

Production

ZDF

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Movie Summary

The life of Wilt Chamberlain and his contribution to American history, emerging on the national scene as a high school student in the 1950s until his death in 1999, with his cultural impact in power, money, race, sex and politics.