Stanley Muir passes.

["James A. Hill" <jahill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This guy saw it all, up close and personal.  Best wishes to his family.
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Celtics scorekeeper dead at 78

Posted: Wednesday June 18, 2003 3:03 PM


BOSTON (AP) -- Stanley E. Muir, longtime scorekeeper for the Boston Celtics,
has died. He was 78.

Muir was associated with the Celtics for almost 50 years, starting with the
team's first games in 1946. He was honored with a piece of the old Boston
Garden's parquet floor when he retired in 1995.

"He was a terrific person, a very conscientious man. He was obviously very
loyal, with the number of years he spent with the team," Celtics spokesman
Jeff Twiss said Wednesday.

Rain or snow, he hopped into his car and drove from his suburban Bedford
home to be in Boston for tipoff.

"He always came in -- good weather, bad weather, lousy weather. He was
always there, doing his job," Twiss said.

Muir died Sunday at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Muir was born in Boston and grew up in Brookline. He wasn't a basketball
player, preferring baseball, his wife Shirley Young Muir said.

Then he met Howie McHugh, who would become the Celtics' first public
relations director, while serving in the Army Signal Corps during World War
II.

"After the war, Howie called up Stan and said Walter Brown had bought a team
and wondered if he was interested in working for them," Shirley Muir told
The Boston Globe.

"He started in the time when everything was done by hand. He saw the
evolution of typewriters, then computers. He really saw it all," Twiss said.

His wife said Muir was so passionate about the team and sport, he once was
thrown out of a game.

"I don't recall the date, but it was during the Larry Bird era," Shirley
Muir said. "He disagreed with a call and made a face at the referee, who
threw him out. He was very outspoken -- if he thought somebody was doing
something wrong, he let them know."

Muir also worked full-time for IBM until he retired in 1986, Twiss said.

He is survived by two daughters, a sister, and two grandsons.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Church of
Christ Congregational in Bedford.