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 second of 7 people to wear the No. 16 jersey, Boston wing alum Johnny Ezersky. After ending his college career at Rhode Island, Ezersky was picked up with the 32nd overall selection of the 1947 BAA draft by the Celtics.
Ezersky ended up with the (defunct) Providence Steamrollers instead, however, and also played for the (also defunct) Baltimore Bullets, but was picked up by Boston on waivers after he was cut for his first of two stints, separated by a return to Baltimore before his final season in the league.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Ezersky wore only jersey Nos. 10 and 16 and put up 8.6 points and 1.5 assists 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. 16 – Johnny Ezersky (1949-50)
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 second of 7 people to wear the No. 16 jersey, Boston wing alum Johnny Ezersky. After ending his college career at Rhode Island, Ezersky was picked up with the 32nd overall selection of the 1947 BAA draft by the Celtics.
Ezersky ended up with the (defunct) Providence Steamrollers instead, however, and also played for the (also defunct) Baltimore Bullets, but was picked up by Boston on waivers after he was cut for his first of two stints, separated by a return to Baltimore before his final season in the league.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Ezersky wore only jersey Nos. 10 and 16 and put up 8.6 points and 1.5 assists 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. 16 – Johnny Ezersky (1949-50)
