This lot is closed. Bidding ended on 6/30/2005.
A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time All-Star, the angular center amassed 21,620 career rebounds, an average of 22.5 per game, and led the league in rebounding four times. This National Basketball Association "Uniform Player Contract" between William Russell and the Boston Celtics Basketball Club measures 14" x 8-1/2". The contract was drafted on August 6th, 1959 and includes the signatures of William Felton Russell (William Felton Russell is a very rare form of his signature) and Celtics President Walter Brown in blue ink rating a near 10. To the left of the Russell and Brown signatures is a league stamp reading "RECIEVED & RECORDED - AUG 13 1959" in black ink which has been signed by NBA President Maurice Podoloff in black ink rating a 9. This contract has been folded and has a very small tear on the left side giving it an overall condition of EX. This lot is accompanied with a LOA from Jimmy Spence of PSA/DNA.