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Don Nelson

American basketball player and coach

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born: 1940
died: 2026
age at death: 86
known for: basketball player, basketball coach

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Donald Arvid Nelson was an American professional basketball player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, and Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After an All-American career playing college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes, Nelson won five NBA championships playing with the Boston Celtics, with his number 19 retired by the franchise in 1978.

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