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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 13

Today’s installment focuses on the 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 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 24 players who wore No. 13 over the years as of September 2023.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 18

Today’s installment focuses on the seven players who wore No. 18 over the years as of September 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, their unretired jersey numbers pack 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 seven players who wore No. 18 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Larry Bird goes for 46; Kevin McHale gets 36; Bob Harris born

On this day in Celtics history, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale had big nights on the offensive end of the ball, and big man Bob Harris was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Robert “Bob” Anderson Harris was born in Linden, Tennessee in 1927.

Harris played his NCAA ball with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he was selected to the NCAA AP All-American second team in 1949. He would be drafted by the (then) Fort Wayne (now, Detroit) Pistons with the third overall pick of the Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league to the NBA) draft that same year, and play parts of two seasons with the Pistons before being traded to the Celtics in 1950 for forward Dick Mehen.

Harris would play four seasons with Boston, where he averaged 6.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 1.5 assists.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 18

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 18 jersey for at least one game.

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 seven players who wore No. 18 over the years.

On this day: Larry Bird goes for 46; Kevin McHale gets 36; Bob Harris born

On this day in Celtics history, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale had big nights on the offensive end of the ball, and big man Bob Harris was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Boston big man Robert “Bob” Anderson Harris was born in Linden, Tennessee in 1927.

Harris played his NCAA ball with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, where he was selected to the NCAA AP All-American second team in 1949. He would be drafted by the (then) Fort Wayne (now, Detroit) Pistons with the third overall pick of the Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league to the NBA) draft that same year, and play parts of two seasons with the Pistons before being traded to the Celtics in 1950 for forward Dick Mehen.

Harris would play four seasons with Boston, where he averaged 6.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists.

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