One evening in 1985, he turned his Celtics teammates into fans, too. The Dead were playing the Centrum in Worcester on Nov. 4 and 5 that season, and the Celtics were off those nights after starting the season 4-1.
Walton said he asked Laurence 'Ramrod' Shurtliff, the Dead's longtime road manager, if he could bring his teammates along. But he warned Shurtliff: These players were massive stars in the area. They couldn't go out in public much.
"It was an incredible blend of two cultures that stand for so much of the same things: working together to make a better tomorrow with hope, optimism, peace, and love - important values," Walton told USA Today in 2020.
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