The Boston Celtics have had gamers who’re accompanied by a complete of 68 totally different jersey numbers (and have three others who should not a part of a digital collection) from their basis on the daybreak of Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – The League which might turn out to be NBA right this moment), carried by greater than 500 gamers through the historical past of the Celtics.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these figures, the Celtics Wire covers the entire historical past of Jersey’s numbers and the gamers who sported them from the group’s basis.
With 25 of those jerseys now have retired to honor a few of the best Celtics to put on these jerseys, there are a whole lot of historical past to cowl.
And for right this moment’s article, we are going to proceed with the second of 35 folks to put on jersey No. 12, the Boston Bob Donham goalkeeper alum. After finishing his college profession in Ohio State, Donham was resumed with the twenty fifth general collection of the 1950 NBA draft by the Celtics.
The native of Hammond, in Indiana, would play the 5 seasons of his skilled profession with Boston, withdrawing from the match on the finish of the 1953-1954 season.
Throughout his time that adapts to Celtics, Donham solely wore jersey No. 12 and picked up 6.7 factors, 3.9 rebounds and a couple of.6 assists per match.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics Jersey Historical past No. 12 – Bob Donham (1950-54)
