It is also the date that Boston shooting guard Bill Sharman was dealt to the Celtics in 1951 from the then- Fort Wayne Pistons, who in turn had picked up Sharman early in the year in a dispersal draft from the Washington Capitals.
Sharman would go on to play ten seasons for Boston, winning four championships and being elected to eight All-Star games (winning All-Star MVP in 1955) and seven All-NBA teams over that stretch.