The Boston Celtics honored famed broadcaster Johnny Most for 37 years of calling games with the team on Dec. 3, 1990 in a magnificent ceremony at the old Boston Garden. The ceremony featured team president Red Auerbach, Celtics legends Larry Bird, Tom “Satch” Sanders, KC Jones, Mike Gorman and more.
With a career spanning 16 of the team’s NBA-record 17 titles, many of the club’s most historic moments were conveyed by Most’s famous gravelly voice narration, even becoming events unto themselves. More emblematic than any, perhaps, was his “Havlicek stole the ball” call seen by some as the most famous radio call in basketball history.
Local TV station WBZ produced a short segment documenting the event and his retirement, dug up by our friends at CLNS Media’s “NBA History & Legends on CLNS” YouTube channel for your enjoyment.
Check out the clip embedded above to see it in full!
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