Ex-Boston guard Mike “Red” Wallace shares the birthday as well, born in 1918 in Simpson, Pennsylvania.
A member of the club’s inaugural roster of the 1946-47 season, he would play just 24 games with the team before he was traded to the (now defunct) Toronto Huskies for Charlie Hoefer. He averaged 5.5 points as a Celtic.
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