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, their unretired jersey numbers pack 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 11 players who wore No. 17 over the years as of September 2023.
There have been some serious Boston Celtics scorers over the nearly seven decades now that Boston has been hanging banners. https://t.co/GvQcTKGVg5
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 1, 2023
1947 - Bob Duffy - forward
Happy birthday in heaven Bob Duffy. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/NmxTxyjlVW
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) July 5, 2022
1947 - Virgil Vaughn - forward
Happy birthday in heaven Virgil Vaughn. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/D9v0C67Okg
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) May 15, 2021
1948 - John Janisch - wing
Happy birthday in heaven John Janisch #Celtics pic.twitter.com/39cOMrJBwX
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) March 15, 2021
1948 - Jack Hewson - forward
Happy birthday in heaven Jack Hewson. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/JCiaK9Z7vv
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) September 7, 2022
1948-49 - Johnny Bach - wing
1949-50 - Joe Mullaney - guard
Happy birthday in heaven to Holy Cross and the Boston Celtics own, Joe Mullaney. pic.twitter.com/2OwGubSiES
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) November 17, 2020
1951-52 - Bones McKinney - forward
Happy birthday in heaven Bones McKinney. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/xmZ1XFgluk
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) January 1, 2021
1952-53, 1958-61 - Gene Conley - forward
1953-55 - Don Barksdale - forward
1956-58 - Andy Phillip - guard
1962-78 - John Havlicek - wing
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