Another statue for The Cooz

At 91 years old, Celtics legend Bob Cousy has been acknowledged in almost every way conceivable: Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1970 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, a New York Times Best-Selling biography. But it’s Worcester, the place he calls home, that is giving Cousy one of his greatest honors of all — a bronze statue that will stand outside the DCU Center. “This pleases me perhaps as much as the medal because my family and I have spent the past 70 years in the city,” Cousy said. The Worcester City Council approved the nearly $150,000 donation from SMG Management, which runs the DCU, on Tuesday, Mayor Joe Petty said. The donation covers the entire cost of the statue. “He was a giant in the the basketball world, and he was a neighborhood guy, playing basketball in the parks,” Petty said. “He’s what Worcester is all about: hard working, gritty, lots of class.” Cousy graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester in 1950, the same year he joined the Celtics. Known as one of the greatest passers of all time, Cousy played point guard alongside Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Bill Sharman and Satch Sanders. In his 13 consecutive seasons with the Celtics, he won six NBA championships.

MATT BERG