Chris Ford always knew who he was on the basketball floor. “If you matched me up with any 10 guards in the league for a footrace, I’d finish 10th,” he told me in a 1979 session.

Chris Ford, former Celtics player who made first 3-pointer in NBA history, dies at 74. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 74°F. Friday, May 16th 2025 E-Edition. Home Page.

Chris Ford, the longtime Celtics coach who also won the 1981 NBA Championship with Boston as a player, died Tuesday at the age of 74, the team announced. The Press of Athletic City reported Ford di… ...

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced ...

Chris Ford said Keith lived for his soon-to-be 9-year-old daughter, Kheonna Nicole Marie Ford. Keith fell on hard times, but he worked to overcome life's setbacks that at times put him in homeless ...

Chris Ford, a member of the Boston Celtics 1981 championship team, a longtime NBA coach and the player credited with scoring the league’s first 3-point basket, has died, his family announced ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the Celtics fired their head coach Chris Ford in 1995. Ford had been with the team first as a player and later as part of the coaching staff since 1978, ...