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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 8

Today’s installment focuses on the 16 players who wore No. 8 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 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 16 players who wore No. 8 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Mo Mahoney debut; E’Twaun Moore, James Blackwell born

On this day in Celtics history, Mo Mahoney made his debut for Boston, and James Blackwell and E’Twaun Moore were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtic forward Francis H. “Mo” Mahoney made his debut for the team in an 87-80 win over the (then) Philadelphia (now, Golden State) Warriors at the old Boston Garden in 1953.

Mahoney was picked up of Rhode Island’s Brown University by the Celtics in the 1950 NBA draft but spent the next two years serving in the US armed forces in the Korean War before finally playing his first game for the team that drafted him, three years after the fact. The Brooklyn native scored a single point and picked as many fouls in his debut with the Celtics.

He would go on to average 2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game over 6 games with the franchise.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 8

This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 8 jersey for at least one game as of September 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 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 16 players who wore No. 8 over the years as of September 2022.