Official Site of the Knicks · Aug 28, 2016
#NYK70 | 1957: Knicks Host First Old-Timers game
Joe Lapchick, who’d retired from the Knicks’ coaching job at the end of the 1955-’56 season, returned to the Garden during the All-Star festivities of 1957, when the NBA held its first-ever Old-Timers game. Lapchick coached a squad that featured former Knicks Sonny Hertzberg and Connie Simmons. The East team won, 42-38.
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