re: #93 Belafon

What would be interesting would be to compare Larry Bird and Magic Johnson’s salary to theirs.

Well, In his career, Bill Russell made the All-Star Game twelve out of the thirteen years he played and he won 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, the most any professional athlete has ever won. Russell was also named MVP of the league five different times, he led the league in rebounds four different seasons and he was named an All-NBA performer eleven different times. In 1965, he made $100,001 ($1more than Wilt Chamberlain). Even translated to today’s $, that would only be just under a million.