On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team selected future Hall of Fame point guard Bob Cousy in 1950. An alum of Holy Cross — where he won an NCAA title in 1947 — Cousy would be passed over by Celtics coach and general manager Red Auerbach in the 1950 NBA draft, only to end up stuck with the player in the 1950 NBA dispersal draft for the defunct Chicago Stags, with whom Cousy had since signed.
The future Hall of Fame floor general would make his first of 13 All-Star Games in 1951, six NBA titles between 1957 and 1963, a league Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, two All-Star MVPs, a dozen All-NBA nods, and many other honors before his retirement in 1963.
It would turn out to be one of the most fortunate breaks in franchise history.