The Boston Celtics have had gamers put on a complete of 68 totally different jersey numbers (and three extra not a part of any numerical collection) since their founding on the daybreak of the Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – the league that may develop into the present NBA league), worn by greater than 500 gamers all through the historical past of the Celtics.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Celtics Wire covers your complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that group’s inception.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor a few of the biggest Celtics who wore these jerseys, there’s loads of historical past to cowl.
And for in the present day’s article, we’ll proceed with the sixteenth of 29 folks to put on jersey No. 11, former Boston huge man Stojko Vrankovic. After starting his skilled profession abroad, Vrankovic was not chosen within the 1986 NBA draft, as a substitute signing with the Celtics.
The native of Drnis, Croatia, remained in Europe till 1990 and would play the primary 2 seasons of his skilled profession with the Celtics earlier than returning to the EuroLeague in 1992.
Whereas in a Celtics uniform, Vrankovic solely wore jerseys No. 52 and 11 and averaged 1.9 factors and 1.6 rebounds per sport.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Celtics #11 Jersey – Stojko Vrankovic (1991-92)
