Chris Ford, the longtime Celtics coach who also won the 1981 NBA Championship with Boston as a player, died Tuesday at the age of 74, the team announced. The Press of Athletic City reported Ford di… ...

BOSTON -- Chris Ford, who won an NBA Championship as a player with the Celtics in 1981 and then two more titles as an assistant coach, has died. Ford passed away Tuesday night due to heart failure.

Chris Ford always knew who he was on the basketball floor. “If you matched me up with any 10 guards in the league for a footrace, I’d finish 10th,” he told me in a 1979 session.

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced ...

Chris Ford, the first player to hit a 3-pointer in the NBA and a three-time league champion with the Boston Celtics, has died at the age of 74 after 10 seasons as a player and another decade as a ...

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, former Detroit Pistons draft pick, longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, ...

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics' 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced in ...

Chris Ford, Former Boston Celtics Coach and Basketball Player, Dead at 74: 'He Made His Mark' According to the Boston Celtics, Ford's legacy includes being a part of the "elite group of Celtics' ...