(KRON/BCN) — The Oakland Unified College District will maintain a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday for a brand new faculty gymnasium at McClymonds Excessive College named after late NBA legend Invoice Russell, who was an alumnus of the varsity.
The ceremony will happen at 3:30 p.m. on the new gymnasium at 2607 Myrtle St., Oakland.
Russell died in 2022 on the age of 88. He received 11 NBA championships whole as a participant and coach for the Boston Celtics. Earlier than that, Russell received two NCAA championships with the College of San Francisco.
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In 2010, then-President Barack Obama honored Russell with the Presidential Medal of Freedom not just for his accomplishments on the court docket however his impression in the course of the Civil Rights Motion within the Sixties. After his demise, the NBA retired Russell’s No. 6 jersey.
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