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Alexander Murray Hannum (July 19, 1923 – January 18, 2002) was a pro basketball player and coach. He is mostly known for coaching the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia 76ers to the 1967 NBA championship, ending an eight year streak of the Boston Celtics. He had also coached a Bob Pettit-led St. Louis Hawks team to the 1958 NBA Championship over the Celtics in the NBA Finals; the aforementioned seasons were the only two in Bill Russell's 13-year career in which he did not win an NBA championship.

In 1969 Coach Hannum led the Rick Barry-led Oakland Oaks to an ABA championship, becoming the first of two coaches to win both an NBA and ABA title. Coincidentally, the other, Bill Sharman, also coached a Chamberlain-led team—the 1972 Los Angeles Lakers—to his NBA championship. Hannum, a native of Los Angeles, California and graduate of the University of Southern California, died at the age of 78 in San Diego, California.

Hannum was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Twelve Hall-of-Famers had played for Hannum — in addition to Pettit, Chamberlain and Barry, he had also coached Cliff Hagan, Ed Macauley, Slater Martin, Dolph Schayes, Nate Thurmond, Billy Cunningham, Hal Greer, Elvin Hayes and Calvin Murphy.

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