The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA — the league that would become today’s NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the fourth of 6 people to wear the No. 15 jersey, Boston big man alum Ed Mikan. After ending his college career at DePaul, Mikan was picked up with the fifth overall selection of the 1948 BAA draft by the (defunct) Chicago Stags.
The Joliet, Illinois native would play parts of the first 2 seasons of his pro career with the Stags. He also played for the (then) Rochester Royals (now, Sacramento Kings), (defunct) Washington Capitols, (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors and (also defunct) Indianapolis Olympians before he would finish his career with Boston in 1953.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Mikan wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 15 – Ed Mikan (1953-54)
The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA — the league that would become today’s NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the fourth of 6 people to wear the No. 15 jersey, Boston big man alum Ed Mikan. After ending his college career at DePaul, Mikan was picked up with the fifth overall selection of the 1948 BAA draft by the (defunct) Chicago Stags.
The Joliet, Illinois native would play parts of the first 2 seasons of his pro career with the Stags. He also played for the (then) Rochester Royals (now, Sacramento Kings), (defunct) Washington Capitols, (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors and (also defunct) Indianapolis Olympians before he would finish his career with Boston in 1953.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Mikan wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 15 – Ed Mikan (1953-54)
