Bill Sharman, a USC almunus who went on to become an All-Star guard for the Boston Celtics and to coach the Los Angeles Lakers to their first NBA championship in 1972, died this morning from complications due to a stroke he suffered last week. 

Sharman is one of just three men to have been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. In 1996, he was selected as one of the 50 greatest players of the NBA's first 50 years.

Sharman died at his home in Redondo Beach, California. He was 87.

 

Read Sharman's obituary at the L.A. Times.

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