Tag: Dick Hemrick

On this day: Cs’ 1st home game; Walton born; Radja, Earl, Rivas, Hemric, Loscutoff debut; Englund passes

On this day in Celtics history, the team played their first home game in franchise history.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the newly-formed professional basketball franchise the Boston Celtics played their first home game in 1946 in the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) in team history.

The game was an inauspicious loss, 57-55 to the now-defunct Chicago Stags (not to be confused with the later franchise of that city, the Bulls), which saw two of the Celtics break double figures. One of the pair was guard Johnny Simmons, who scored 13 points on 6 field goals and a free throw, though we don’t know how efficiently since that and many aspects of the game were yet to be recorded in those early years of the sport.

Forward Wyndol Gray scored 12 points as well, and future star of television and film Chuck Connors added 8 points in the loss.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 20

Today’s installment focuses on the 31 players who wore No. 20 over the years as of August 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 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 31 players who wore No. 20 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: ex-Boston big man Dickie Hemric born, wing John Janisch passes

On this day in 1933, former Boston Celtics big man Dickie Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina, and wing John Janisch passed away in 1992.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics power forward Ned Dixon “Dick” Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina, in 1933. The Jonesville native played his college ball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, with whom he would be named an All-American in 1954 and 1955.

The 6-foot-6 forward set a scoring record (2,587 career points) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) that stood until 2009 and a rebounding record (1,802 career rebounds) that still stands. It was not even equaled by the mighty Tim Duncan during his tenure with the Demon Deacons many years later.

Evidently, he played well enough to persuade the Celtics to draft him with the 10th pick of the 1955 NBA draft.

On this day: Cs’ 1st home game; Walton born; Radja, Earl, Rivas, Hemric, Loscutoff debut; Englund passes

On this day in Celtics history, the team played their first home game in franchise history.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the newly-formed professional basketball franchise the Boston Celtics played their first home game in 1946 in the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league to the NBA) in team history.

The game was an inauspicious loss, 57-55 to the now-defunct Chicago Stags (not be confused with the later franchise of that city, the Bulls), which saw two of the Celtics break double figures. One of the pair was guard Johnny Simmons, who scored 13 points on 6 field goals and a free throw, though we don’t know how efficiently since that and many aspects of the game were yet to be recorded in those early years of the sport.

Forward Wyndol Gray scored 12 points as well, and future star of television and film Chuck Connors added 8 points in the loss.

On this day: ex-Boston big man Dickie Hemric born, wing John Janisch passes

On this day in 1933, former Boston Celtics big man Dickie Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina, and wing John Janisch passed away in 1992.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics power forward Ned Dixon “Dick” Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina, in 1933. The Jonesville native played his college ball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, with whom he would was named an All-American in 1954 and 1955.

The 6-foot-6 forward set a scoring record (2,587 career points) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) that stood until 2009 and a rebounding record (1,802 career rebounds) that still stands. It was not even equaled by the mighty Tim Duncan during his tenure with the Demon Deacons many years later.

Evidently, he played well enough to persuade the Celtics to draft him with the 10th pick of the 1955 NBA draft.

On this day: ex-Boston Celtic big man Dickie Hemric born

On this day in 1933, former Boston Celtics big man Dickie Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina.

On this day in 1933, former Boston Celtic power forward Ned Dixon “Dick” Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina.

The Jonesville native would play his college ball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, where he would make All-American in 1954 and 1955, and set a scoring record (2,587 career points) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) that stood until 2009 and a rebounding record (1,802 career rebounds) that still stands.

Evidently, he played well enough to convince the Celtics to draft him with the 10th overall pick of the 1955 NBA Draft.

Hemric would play 138 games over two seasons for Boston, averaging 6.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game over 17.3 minutes per game before walking away from the game in 1957.

Hemric would pass away of natural causes on August 3rd, 2017, just a few short weeks from his 84th birthday at his home in North Canton, Ohio.

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