His hearty laugh is contagious! I miss him already. WILLIAM FELTON "Bill" RUSSELL (February 12th, 1934 - July 31st, 2022): The greatest winner in team sports, PERIOD!!!

THE BEST LAUGH

No one has a laugh like Bill Russell. as great a player he was, my favorite thing about him is that laugh. The definition of dignity and having an even keel. Much respect to Bill Russell.

As great a player that he was, he was an even greater human being. RIP

I will say Mr. Russell is the greatest athlete in every respect of the 20th Century. Brilliant in every way.

The Wilt discussion is from 12:11 to 18:31. Russell mentions that he and Wilt had games with over 40 rebounds. Wilt did it 15 times and Russell 11 times. Russell had two games where he grabbed 49 rebounds in addition to the one game where he was over 50. The only other players to grab 40 rebounds are Nate Thurmond (42) and Jerry Lucas (40), and they did it once each. When Charlie asks Russell about Wilt grabbing 55 rebounds in a game, Russell says "and they won the game". But actually Wilt's team lost the game, and I would have expected Bill to know that. Wilt got his 55 rebounds against the Celtics on 11/24/60 but the Warriors lost to the Celtics, 132-129 as the Celtics outscored Philly by 7 in the 4th qtr. Wilt did not have a particularly good offensive game, shooting 15-42 (35.7%). In that game, Russell scored 18 and grabbed 19 boards. One amazing stat is that Russell only had one foul. That must have been very tough to do when guarding Wilt and Wilt taking 42 shots. Wilt's 55 rebounds were almost as many as the entire Boston team (59).

Rest In Peace Bill Russell, may you and Wilt Chamberlain meet again in heaven.

the GOAT of sports's mind is so vast I don't anyone is gonna really get what he talks about in terms of anticipation. RIP to THE legend

A great man, an amazing leader on and off the court and the best laugh.

This is incredible

Wonderful team player and wonderful team player.

Respect doesn't have enough meaning for the way I feel about this man..a leader on & off the court, put up with so much crap in the city of Boston and led in civil / human rights ..and the greatest , most affective laugh I've ever seen & heard ...

What a joy to see this! Longest and one of the best interviews with Russell! He is very entertaining and that marvelous laugh is icing on the cake! Miss Charlie. Thanks utube.

If you want to know who the GOAT is check this statement out by Bill Russell. "The way I play my team wins ". ......Bill Russell.

That cackle!!!

At 27:30, Russell mentions that he did not win the Player of the Year award in his junior year, even though he believes he deserved it. Back then, the award was given out by UPI (a rival to AP). In the 1954-55 season (Bill's junior year), the award went to Tom Gola. Gola did have a remarkable 1954-55 season (his senior season) averaging 24.2ppg and 19.9rpg. Tom's LaSalle team lost to Russell's U of SF team 77-63 in the championship game. In that championship game, Russell had 23 points and 25 rebounds while Gola had 16 points and 19 rebounds. Gola went on to have a very good NBA career with the Warriors (playing with Wilt for a few seasons) and later with the Knicks. He was a 5 time All-Star. I can understand Russell's position that he should have won the award his junior year. He did ave 21.4 ppg and 20.5 rpg, and he did lead his team to a better record. USF was 28-1 that season. Interestingly, a similar thing happened to Wilt. In Wilt's soph season, where he clearly dominated college basketball, he came in second to Chet Forte of Columbia for Player of the Year. I think that was a more egregious selection. Chet did not even wind up playing in the NBA. He scored alot of points (slightly higher than Wilt), but then again he was playing for Columbia. And he certainly wasn't the all-around player that Wilt was (rebounds, blocked shots). Wilt's team just barely missed winning the championship in his soph year, when they lost to NC in triple O/T in the final. There is no doubt Wilt should have been player of the year.

RIP: LEGEND in the NBA as well as a truely awesome gentleman warrior, a man who fought for actual equality. A man who opposed real injustice. An amazing 11 time champion player, and coach. The ultimate GREATEST OF ALL TIME! God bless his family in suffering their loss, a loss felt by all who knew the history of Bill Russell. #6LOVE ☘️💚

Excellent!

Bill Russell.."It's more important to understand than be understood".He was a champion at every single level he played.He was part of the McClymonds Warriors team in West Oakland that won the Tournament of Champions.McClymonds is the School of Champions and Frank Robinson(MVP Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds)was Mack's leading scorer.He won 2 National championships at USF with KC Jones(another class act).Russell won a Gold medal in The Olympics.His Boston Celtics won the NBA Championship 11 times in 13 years.In a game 7 vs Wilt he scored 30 points and pulled 40 rebounds!He was a selfless teammate that only cared about winning.He is more MAN than any player in NBA History!!Better recognize!!R.I.P Bill Russell.

2 minutes in. I LOVE BILL RUSSELL

I love Russell's laugh

What a lovely man ✊🙌🙏😎

Dude fuck yeah, thank you for this. Lots of people pulling up clips from this but you've got the full interview and it's such a great session. It's pretty depressing when he talked to Russell about his mortality and how he misses Wilt. Take it easy Wilt, take it easy Baylor there's still plenty of fellas inspired by you guys we love what you did. And Bill you'd better live another hundred years because it's gonna be devastating when you go.

Russell's number six will no longer be used in the NBA, PERIOD!!!

BillRussell birthday is February 12th and would’ve been his 90th year he will be celebrated either way

Mr. Russell is my first pick for my all time team...Mr. Bird is my second pick.

Russell was the ultimate team sport winner....his mindset was beyond anyone's. I don't think he gets enough credit for being a player ~ coach in 68 - 69 Championships.

GOAT`S BILL RUSSELL, TOM BRADY, TIGER WOODS, WAYNE GRETSKY

the confidence

He was brilliant

26:50 I heard he actually had a "Double-Triple-Double" in that year's NCAA Championship game...i wish someone would confirm it or get him to talk about it

Bill Russell and wilt chamberlain meet again in heaven🙏

Charlie Rose was such a good interviewer.

Wilt avg. Over 50% f.g. percentage for his career. Also one year he played more minutes per game then there were In the games. Overtime. Also only center to lead the league in assists. Not good on offense. He avg. Over 30 points a game. Please get your facts right.WILT the goat. Still holds 68 by himself. records on the books.Averaged 45 minutes a game for his career.

Rip

Apparently if wilt had used all his power there would have been broken arms and busted shoulders every week in the league . He played with the handbrake on a lot of the time...at heart he was a gentle giant .Russell was a killer,but had the advantage of some world class teammates.

17:30

As much as it pains me to say because back in my early days I was a laker fan. Not so much today. Basketball is not played as it once was. I really don't care for today's NBA. But what pains me I've always felt that Wilt was a bit overrated. I may be totally wrong this was a little bit before my time but it's the way I feel. Mr Russell was not overrated at all. Jerry West was and is my favorite player as well as many more. Too many to mention here. But back to Wilt he was a great player but for me I wanted Bill on my team. The Lakers. Lol, how silly is that?

Someone please tell Bill Russell his team won the game 132-129 with Chamberlain's 55 rebound game. How can he forget he won the game? He's way off on that and I'm shocked by that. Russell thinks his team lost and laughs about it, but they won.

best defender of all time yet he allowed 55 rebounds to be scored against him in one game i think u people have some screws loose have some comon sense