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On this day: Boston Celtics big man Alton Lister born

On this day in 1958, Celtics center Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas in 1958. A true 7-footer, Lister played his college ball first at the sub-NCAA level with San Jacinto Junior College where he would be teammates with fellow future NBAer shooting guard Oliver Mack.

After his time with San Jacinto Junior College, Lister moved on via transfer to play for the Arizona State Sun Devils, joining another future NBA player and head coach Byron Scott, who also played as a shooting guard. By his senior season, the Texan was averaging 15.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

This would earn Lister honorable mentions with All-America honors by the Associated Press and Street & Smith’s, All-Pac-10 honors, and the Sun Devil’s Most Improved Player award.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 53

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 53 jersey for at least one game as of Aug. 2023.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the four players who wore No. 53 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 53

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 53 jersey for at least one game as of October 2022.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the four players who wore No. 53 over the years.

On this day: Boston Celtics big man Alton Lister born

On this day in 1958, Celtics center Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas in 1958. A true 7-footer, Lister played his college ball first at the sub-NCAA level with San Jacinto Junior College where he would be teammates with fellow future NBAer shooting guard Oliver Mack.

After his time with San Jacinto Junior College, Lister moved on via transfer to play for the Arizona State Sun Devils, joining another future NBA player and head coach Byron Scott, who also played as a shooting guard. By his senior season, the Texan was averaging 15.4 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

This would earn Lister honorable mentions with All-America honors by the Associated Press and Street & Smith’s, All-Pac-10 honors, and the Sun Devil’s Most Improved Player award.

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On this day: former Boston Celtics big man Alton Lister born

On this day in 1958, former Boston Celtics center Alton Lister was born in Dallas, Texas.

On this day in 1958, former Boston Celtics big man Alton Lavelle Lister was born in Dallas, Texas.

A product of San Jacinto Junior College and Arizona State, Lister would be selected to take part in the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that ultimately wouldn’t take the field with the United States boycotting the Moscow-hosted Olympics.

After his Arizona State career ended, he was drafted 21st overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1981 NBA Draft.

He played stints with that team, the Seattle Supersonics, the Golden State Warriors, and a second stint with the Bucks before they dealt him to the Celtics in 1995 with shooting guard Todd Day for point guard Sherman Douglas.

The Dallas native averaged 2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.5 blocks per game while with the franchise in a stretch spanning two seasons between 1995 and 1997.

The Celtics would end up being the penultimate stop of a 17-year career in the NBA, with Lister joining the Portland Trail Blazers to finish out his career.

 

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