WORCESTER, Mass. — Governor Maura Healey and local leaders joined Hall of Fame basketball legend Bob Cousy at the College of the Holy Cross on Friday to celebrate the dedication of the newly named Bob Cousy Pass.
The I-290 bridge over Southbridge Street will now carry the name. Cousy is known as the ‘Houdini of the Hardwood,’ and his trophy case includes six NBA championships with the Boston Celtics.
Long before the NBA, Cousy made his mark at Holy Cross, leading the Crusaders to a national championship in 1947.
“I am literally the luckiest I will ever be on the planet,” said Cousy.
“Bob Cousy Pass is right here,” Governor Maura Healey said. “People will be traveling over it multiple times a day, and your name is there. They’re going to think of what an incredible human being our one and only Bob Cousy is.”
During a mini panel discussion, Healey and Cousy reflected on the journey and all the in between.
“Eighty-one years ago I stepped off the train at Union Station,” Cousy recalled. “Got up to Holy Cross where, it’s ironic that we’re sitting in this beautiful gym, we practiced in a barn literally that first year.”
Cousy said Worcester has remained a special place throughout his life. “The connection with this city that I’ve bonded with for 80 years now really provided a safe haven for my family and I,” Cousy said.
“This bridge, this literal overpass, this pass, means the connection on this Massachusetts state road to Worcester, to Holy Cross, to places that have brought tremendous meaning to you,” Healey said. “This is the house that Cousy built,” one speaker said during the event.
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