The seventeen banners that hang in the rafters. The world-famous parquet floor. These are both iconic structures located inside the TD Garden. Without Red, the Boston Celtics seemed destined for mediocrity, not immortality. Arnold “Red” Auerbach is for the most part responsible for this teams name becoming synonymous with winning championships. The Celtics were not always the first class organization that they are today.
Auerbach won an outstanding nine world championships as the head coach of Boston from 1950-66. He is widely known as someone who was a truly great leader of men. Red knew how to motivate each and every player on his team, he understood that in order to win he would need to keep morale high.