In Honor Of Our Dad
Al Brightman
Pro Baseball Player (Boston Celtics)
Pro Basketball Player (Cleveland Indians)
Collegiate Basketball Coach (Seattle University)
ABA Basketball Coach (Anaheim Amigos)
Husband to Katie Brightman – 49 Years
Father of 7 kids
Horace Albert Brightman
Our Dad Was Good at Seemingly Everything.
Ray Brightman, one of Al’s seven children, said his father was naturally talented at any hand-eye coordination sport, anything involving a ball or a racquet came effortlessly to him.
Al Was an Avid Reader
“He could quote Shakespeare and crush ‘Jeopardy,’ even with a little bourbon in him—he wouldn’t miss a single question,” Ed Brightman said. “He was charming and intelligent, and always had a magnetic presence everywhere he went”
Basketball Coach
(September 22, 1923 – June 10, 1992) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Born in Eureka, California, he played collegiate for the California State University, Long Beach, and was drafted by the Cleveland Indians out of Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA.
- Boston Celtics 1946–47
- Player-Coach 1947–48
- Head Coach 1948–56
- Head Coach in The American Basketball League and The American Basketball Association During the 1960s
Basketball Association
