The Boston Celtics Encyclopedia

by Peter C. Bjarkman and Peter C. B. Jarkman

Book Overview

The most comprehensive book ever written on the history of the NBA's most storied franchise, The Boston Celtics Encyclopedia will surely be included in every sports fan's library. Written in a unique,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582610622
• ISBN13: 9781582610627
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

TONS OF INFO AND PHOTOS

THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ALL CELTIC AND BASKETBALL FANS. THIS BOOK COVERS THE HISTORY OF THE CELTICS UP TO 2002. IT HAS SO MUCH INFO AND STATS IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO GET THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. IT IS ALSO A GREAT BOOK TO USE OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO CHECK YEAR TO YEAR STATS OF EVERY CELTIC WHO EVER PLAYED. ALSO HAS EVERY SEASON TO SEASON COVERAGE AND ANALYSIS AND A GREAT COLLECTION OF PHOTOS OF OWNERS, PLAYER AND BROADCASTERS. A MUST FOR ALL CELTIC FANS.

I still can't believe that which I saw for myself ....

... during the Golden Era of American professional sports, 1955-70, featuring it's greatest, most hard-nosed performer (Bill Russell) and its greatest, most successful statesman (Red Auerbach). Plus a few other "pretty good" players .... my memory is fading but I do remember a couple of last names starting with "H" and a couple of them starting with "J." As a sports-hungry kid back then, I was a Jerry West fan but the Celtics were so damn good I actually thought them to be cheating. Though in hindsight I guess I was really a "Celtics fan in Lakers clothing" because I have finally admitted after all these years that things turned out just the way they were supposed to. Too bad we didn't have the video technology back then that have today; in which case I would be watching tapes of the Old Celtics 24/7 .... starving, but very, very happy. At any rate the NBA, at the very least, will never be the same.

Great info for Celtic-Nation.com

I help run a website (http://www.celtic-nation.com) and we got a ton of good information from this book. Great for the die hard Celtics fan! Highly recommended for anyone in your family or life who wants to know everything about the Boston Celtics!

CELTICS LEGENDS

THIS IS A GREAT BOOK. IT ABOUT THE CELTICS THE NBA.

Celtics Encyclopedia Scores with Frommer

Reviewing Bjarkman's "Celtics Encyclopedia" on Todaysports.com prolific sports author Harvey Frommer has the following to say about this most attractive volume: "The great glory days for the Celtics may be a thing of the past but Bjarkman's opus reminds us in words and pictures of what once was. From its opening chapter on the Celtic Mystique through The Russell Era all the way into Statistical Appendices - the book is loaded with the kind of information basketball fans (and especially Celtics fans) will savor. Bjarkman has published more than 35 books and this is one of his best focusing as it does in great depth on the NBA's most storied franchise. We are there through many magic moments, with memorable journeymen as well as major stars. A celebration and an archive, "The Boston Celtics Encyclopedia" belongs in a place of prominence on your basketball bookself."