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On this day: Celtics Scott born; Battie traded; Gamble debuted

On this day, former Celtic champion Charlie Scott was born, Tony Battie was traded, and Kevin Gamble debuted for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion point and shooting guard Charles Thomas Scott was born in New York City in 1948.

Better known as “Charlie” to many Celtics fans, the New Yorker broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed school’s first Black scholarship athlete. He was drafted by Boston with the 106th pick of the 1970 NBA draft (there were many more rounds in that era).

Before he finished his NCAA playing days, he won a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico, along with future teammate Jo Jo White.

Though drafted by Boston, Scott instead signed with the American Basketball Association’s (ABA — a competing league that later merged with the NBA) Virginia Squires for most of two seasons.

On this day: Celtics Scott born; Battie traded; Gamble debuted

On this day, former Celtic champion Charlie Scott was born, Tony Battie was traded, and Kevin Gamble debuted for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion point and shooting guard Charles Thomas Scott was born in New York City, New York in 1948. Better known as “Charlie” to many Celtics fans, the New Yorker famously broke the color barrier at the University of North Carolina as that famed school’s first Black scholarship athlete before he was drafted by Boston with the 106th pick of the 1970 NBA draft (there were many more rounds in that era).

Before he finished his NCAA days, he would also win a Gold medal in the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico along with future teammate Jo Jo White.

Though drafted by Boston, Scott instead signed with the American Basketball Association’s (ABA — a competing league that would later merge with the NBA) Virginia Squires for most of two seasons.

On this date: Chaney-Washington-Scott trade; most field goal attempts

On this day, the Celtics dealt Charlie Scott for Don Chaney and Kermit Washington.

On this day in 1977, the Boston Celtics traded point and shooting guard Charlie Scott for shooting guard Don Chaney and power forward Kermit Washington and a first-round draft pick to their longtime rival Los Angeles Lakers.

Chaney had been drafted out of the University of Houston with the 12th overall pick of the 1968 NBA draft by the Celtics, with a stop in the American Basketball Association’s (ABA – a competing league that would later merge with the NBA) Spirit of St. Louis before signing with Los Angeles, while Washington had been drafted by the Lakers out of American University with the 5th overall pick of the 1973 NBA draft before his involvement in a brawl that left a player hospitalized forced his trade.

WATCH: Charlie Scott career retrospective and Hall of Fame speech

In honor of his birthday, watch this career retrospective and Hall of Fame acceptance speech of former Celtic champ Charlie Scott’s.

Boston Celtics champion point and shooting guard Charlie Scott won a title with the Celtics, but he began breaking barriers well before he donned the green and white.

A New Yorker through and through, Scott would become the first Black full scholarship player to suit up for the University of North Carolina as late as 1967, his freshman year at that school. He would go on to have a successful career in the American Basketball Association (ABA — a competing league that would later merge with the NBA) before joining the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and later the Celtics, where he would win his sole title in 1976.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnq9gTBHpVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzg1NGfcECI

In honor of his birthday today and his Hall-of-Fame career, we decided to post these two videos in his honor — a career retrospective and his Hall of Fame acceptance speech from his induction in 2018.

Watch the videos embedded above to wax nostalgic about Boston’s own Rucker Park legend while we’re just hours away from the return of Celtics basketball.

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JK Scott’s brother, Charlie Scott, is now a punter on Alabama’s roster

Former Alabama star punter JK Scott’s younger brother, Charlie Scott, is now on Alabama football’s roster.

Former Alabama star punter JK Scott’s younger brother, Charlie Scott, is now on Alabama football’s roster.

Charlie Scott has spent the last four years at Air Force, where he started the last two seasons and averaged 40.5 yards on 30 attempts last season.

He also had a 53-yard punt as well as four punts over 50 yards last season.

In his Air Force bio, some of the information says:

“His brother, JK, was an All-American punter at Alabama and helped the team to two national championships and is currently the punter for the Green Bay Packers….took campus recruiting visits to Alabama, Clemson and Wisconsin … completed Operations Air Force and was on the cadet cadre for Basic Cadet Training in the summer of 2018 … was on the cadet cadre for survival training and completed the powered flight program last summer.”

Scott will be joining Ty Perine and Will Reichard on the Alabama squad for punters.

JK Scott has continued to impress in the NFL.

So far in his career, Scott has put up some impressive numbers. Not only did he become the first punter in Packer’s history to register a punt of 58-plus yards in each of his first three NFL games, he has also averaged 44.7 yards per punt as a rookie in 2018. So far this season, Scott has continued to impress. He is averaging just under 50 yards per punt. His longest punt last season has been an impressive 66 yarder.

Scott is now the starter for the Packers, and will no doubt end up in the history books in the Packer’s franchise as well.

If Charlie Scott is anything like his brother, he’ll certainly be a HUGE asset for Alabama this season!

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On this day: Fitch hired; Westphal/Scott trade; ‘Beat L.A.’ chant born

On this day, the Boston Celtics hired Bill Fitch as their head coach, Paul Westphal was dealt for Charlie Scott, and the ‘Beat L.A.’ chants were born in a loss.

On this date in 1979, former Boston Celtics head coach Bill Fitch was hired shortly after his resignation from the same role with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Fitch, who had coached at a number of collegiate posts before joining the NBA as coach of the Cavs, was a former Marine drill instructor whose rigorous approach to training made him popular with incoming rookie Larry Bird, who credits the Iowan with helping instill his high-energy work ethic.

The Davenport native would win an NBA championship with the Celtics at the end of the 1980-81 season and would win his second league Coach of the Year honors for the season prior with the team.

Fitch would resign at the end of the 1982-83 season after being swept in the East Semis by the Milwaukee Bucks in four games after amassing a 242-86 regular season record and a 26-19 postseason record, good for .738 and .578 winning records, respectively.

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