THE Boston Celtics have had gamers sporting a complete of 68 completely different jersey numbers (and three extra not a part of any numerical sequence) since their founding on the daybreak of the Basketball Affiliation of America (BAA – the league that may grow to be the NBA of ‘in the present day), worn by greater than 500 gamers throughout Celtics historical past.
To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Celtics Wire covers all the historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them because the group’s inception.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor among the biggest Celtics to put on these jerseys, there’s loads of historical past to cowl.
And for in the present day’s article, we’ll proceed with the fourth of 9 gamers to put on the No. 10 jersey, former Boston winger Johnny Ezersky. After ending his faculty profession on the College of Rhode Island, Ezersky was chosen with the thirty second total choice within the 1947 BAA Draft by the Celtics.
The New Yorker would, nevertheless, be eradicated by Boston and would play the primary 2 seasons of his skilled profession with the (defunct) Windfall Steamrollers. He would additionally play for the Baltimore Bullets (additionally defunct) earlier than being reduce once more, this time picked up on waivers from Boston.
His stick with the group would span 34 video games over two seasons, separated by one other stint with the Bullets earlier than retiring from the league in 1950. Whereas suiting up for the Celtics, Ezersky wore the jerseys Nos. 10 and 16 and carried up 8.6 factors and 1.5 assists per sport.
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This text was initially printed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Celtics #10 jersey – Johnny Ezersky (1948-49)
