And as far as short stretches go, ex-Boston forward Don Eliason played just one game with the team in the Celtics’ inaugural season of 1946-47, in which he registered 1 field goal attempt (it missed) and a personal foul.
As brief a tenure as it was, it put Eliason in a very small club of players who have played in the NBA or its predecessor leagues — at this time it was still the Basketball Association of America (BAA) — and NFL both.
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