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On this day: Joe Mullaney born; Allan Ray, Michael Smith debut

On this day, former Boston Celtic guard Joe Mullaney was born, and Allan Ray and Michael Smith made their debut for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Joseph “Joe” Alexander Mullaney was born in the city of Flushing, Long Island, New York in 1924. An alumnus of the College of the Holy Cross of Worcester, Massachusetts, he was a member of the 1947 NCAA title team that also featured Bob Cousy.

Mullaney was selected 23rd in the 1949 Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league to the NBA, which formed in 1950) draft. The New Yorker played just 37 games for Boston in the 1949-50 season, averaging 0.8 points and 1.4 assists per game.

Mullaney moved on to a career in the FBI before returning to the sport later in life as a coach.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 17

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 17 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 11 players who wore No. 17 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: Joe Mullaney born; Allan Ray, Michael Smith debut

On this day, former Boston Celtic guard Joe Mullaney was born, and Allan Ray and Michael Smith made their debut for the team.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, Joseph “Joe” Alexander Mullaney was born in the city of Flushing, Long Island, New York in 1924.

An alumnus of the College of the Holy Cross of Worcester, Massachusetts, he was a member of the 1947 NCAA title team that also featured Bob Cousy. Mullaney was selected 23rd in the 1949 Basketball Association of America (BAA — a precursor league to the NBA, which formed in 1950) draft.

The New Yorker played just 37 games for Boston in the 1949-50 season, averaging 0.8 points and 1.4 assists per game.

Mullaney moved on to a career in the FBI before returning to the sport later in life as a coach.