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    Larry O'Brien

    American politician, Postmaster General, commissioner of the National Basketball Association

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  1. Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917 – September 28, 1990) was an American politician and basketball commissioner. He was one of the United States Democratic Party 's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades.

  2. Jun 12, 2023 · Larry O'Brien was an American politician who served as the commissioner of the NBA from 1975 to 1984. O'Brien was born in 1917 in Springfield, Mass. — the same city in which the sport of ...

  3. The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Basketball Association (NBA) to the winner of the NBA Finals. The trophy originally kept the Walter A. Brown Trophy name of its predecessor until being renamed in 1984.

  4. May 15, 2024 · Follow the Larry O'Brien Trophy's travels around the world before the 2024 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV. See photos and videos of the trophy with celebrities, athletes, and fans at various events and locations.

  5. Larry O’Brien was a U.S. Democratic Party political organizer, government official, and sports executive. O’Brien received a bachelor of law degree from Northeastern University, Boston (1942). A brilliant political strategist, he managed a victorious (1948) congressional campaign for his boyhood.

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  6. Jun 12, 2023 · Learn about Larry O’Brien, the former politician and NBA commissioner who oversaw the merger with the ABA and introduced the three-point shot. Find out how he became the namesake of the NBA Championship trophy and who won it first.

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  8. Sep 28, 1990 · Learn about Larry O'Brien, the former postmaster general, politician, and NBA commissioner who merged the ABA with the NBA, signed a TV deal, and created the league trophy. See his biography, achievements, and enshrinement speech at the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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