On this day in Boston Celtics history, former founding member of the Celtics Wyndol Woodrow Gray passed away in 1994. Born just a few days less than 72 years earlier on March 30 in 1922, Gray played his college ball at Bowling Green State University between 1942 and 1945 with his time there interrupted by a tour in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War.
He helped carry Bowling Green to the final of the 1945 National Invitation Tournament and was named a consensus first-team All-American there as a result. He’d continue his education at Harvard University, which he helped lead to their first NCAA appearance in school history.
His collegiate career in the rear-view mirror, the Harvard product went on to play in the newly-formed Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league to the NBA) for the Celtics.