Boston also drafted 6-foot-2 guard and forward Gene Stump out of DePaul with the 23rd overall pick.
Gene Stump is likely the oldest living former #NBA player. He played 3 seasons in the NBA for the #Celtics, #LakeShow, and Waterloo Hawks.
He was born in 1923 and is 96 years old. He may also be the last living member of the BAA before the merger pic.twitter.com/EPmy3wNrUB
— NBA Hoops Online (@NBABoards) May 27, 2020
Stump would play two seasons with the Celtics, averaging 6.3 points per game before he had his contract sold to the then-Minneapolis Lakers in 1949.