It is also the birthday of former Celtics forward Mel Riebe, born in 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio. Riebe would be drafted by the Celtics in the dispersal draft of the defunct Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA).
The College of Wooster native would play two seasons with Boston, logging 10.5 points and 1.7 assists (rebounds were not being tracked yet) before he was dealt with Chick Halbert to the (now defunct) Providence Steam Rollers for George Nostrand.