The Boston Celtics have had gamers who’re accompanied by a complete of 68 completely 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 into 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 staff’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 numerous historical past to cowl.
And for right this moment’s article, we are going to proceed with the seventh of 35 individuals to put on jersey No. 12, the alum by Boston Guard Tom Thacker. After finishing his college profession in Cincinnati, Thacker was resumed with the fifth total number of the 1963 NBA restoration by (then) Cincinnati Royals (now, Sacramento Kings).
The native of Covington, in Kentucky, would play the primary 3 seasons of his skilled profession with the Royals, retired for a season, then returned to hitch the Celtics in 1967. His stick with the staff prolonged to 1 season, ending when he was drafted from Boston within the 1968 enlargement mission for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Throughout his time that adapts to the Celtics, Thacker solely introduced Jersey n ° 12 and raised 4.2 factors, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per match.
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This text initially appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics Jersey Historical past No. 12 – Tom Thacker (1967-68)
