The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.
In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.
Buy Celtics TicketsToday’s installment focuses on the 29 players who wore No. 11 over the years as of September 2023.
Ainge started his athletic journey as a multi-sport athlete in high school, excelling in basketball, football, and baseball. https://t.co/4PnH3CVgoh
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 3, 2023
1946-47 - Chuck Connors - forward
1948 - Stan Noszka - guard
Happy birthday in heaven Stan Noszka. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/V31yOrOKej
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) September 9, 2022
1949 - Chick Halbert - center
Happy birthday in heaven Chick Halbert. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/75H2hRopXh
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) February 27, 2021
1949-50 - Tony Lavelli - forward
On this day in 1949, Boston rookie Tony Lavelli scored 26 points to lead the Celtics to an 88-69 win over defending champion Minneapolis. At halftime, Lavelli played one of his roughly two-dozen halftime accordion mini-concerts before 5,206 fans in Boston Garden (via @NBAHistory) pic.twitter.com/FTJcXcPX9T
— NBA Cobwebs (@NBACobwebs) December 22, 2019
1950-54 - Chuck Cooper - forward
1964-66 - Mel Counts - center
Happy 80th birthday Mel Counts! Boston Celtics. Champion. pic.twitter.com/PngnPCqHbH
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) October 16, 2021
1966-67 - Jim Barnett - guard
1967-69 - Mal Graham - guard
Happy birthday Mal Graham! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/NBcuJxUZTs
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) February 23, 2021
1969-74 - Steve Kuberski - forward
1975-78 - Charlie Scott - guard
1979 - Bob McAdoo - center
1981 - Tracy Jackson - guard
1985-87 - Sam Vincent - guard
1987-88 - Dirk Minniefield - guard
Celtics legend: Dirk Minnifield: https://t.co/G2sjqbY63T pic.twitter.com/rHYWOOUDUu
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) August 4, 2022
1989-91 - Michael Smith - forward
Nobody:
Me: The Celtics draft pick I always hated the most was Michael Smith. pic.twitter.com/Y5aP8K9zUT
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) March 14, 2020
1992 - Stojko Vranković - center
Stojko wore 2 numbers with the Celtics during his time, #11 and #52 pic.twitter.com/NS0TYd3KnX
— Frosty Bias ☘️ (@FrostyBias) October 26, 2020
1995-2000 - Dana Barros - guard
2000-02 - Randy Brown - guard
2002-03 - Shammond Williams - guard
2003 - Mark Bryant - forward
Happy birthdays Yogi Stewart and Mark Bryant! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/NqKoQrXLJ9
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) April 25, 2020
2003-06 - Marcus Banks - guard
2007-11 - Glen Davis - center
2011-12 - Sasha Pavlović - wing
2012-14 - Courtney Lee - wing
2014 - Jerryd Bayless - guard
2014-16 - Evan Turner - wing
2017-19 - Kyrie Irving - guard
2019-20 - Enes Kanter - center
2020-23 - Payton Pritchard - guard
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