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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. He 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.

On this day: Mo Mahoney born; Tony Lavelli debuts; Gene Guarilia passes

On this day in Celtics history, Mo Mahoney was born, Tony Lavelli debuted and Gene Guarilia left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, former Boston Celtic forward Francis H. Mahoney was born in 1927.

Better known as “Mo” for a nickname during his tenure with the Celtics, the New Yorker played his college ball with Rhode Island’s Brown University. During his time there, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in English, and unlike today’s players, Mahoney did not make the jump to pro ball in the NBA immediately after college, electing to serve his country instead, enlisting in the U.S. Army to fight in the Korean War between 1950 and 1952.

Before he went overseas, however, Mahoney was selected by the Celtics with the 62nd overall pick (there were many more rounds in that era) of the 1950 NBA draft.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 19

Today’s installment focuses on the six players who wore No. 19 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 six players who wore No. 19 over the years as of September 2023.

On this day: ground broken on ‘new’ Boston Garden; Gray traded; Lee, Johnson born; Philip, Mahoney pass

On this day, construction began on the building that would replace the old Boston Garden.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, in 1993, ground was broken on what would become the team’s home in the modern era, the so-called “new” Boston Garden currently referred to as TD Garden.

Boston had previously played in the building built in 1928 that began its life as the “Boston Madison Square Garden” (it had been designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, the intellectual author of the third iteration of the New York City arena of the same name sans ‘Boston,’ thus the name later shortened to ‘Boston Garden’) from its founding in 1946 as one of the premier teams of the Basketball Association of America (BAA – a precursor league of the NBA) up until 1995.

The Celtics had been looking for a new arena back into the 1970s, nearly moving to Revere, Massachusetts before Delaware North — the company that owns the building and the NHL team the Boston Bruins — secured permission and funding for building TD Garden.

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.

On this day: Mo Mahoney born; Tony Lavelli debuts; Gene Guarilia passes

On this day in Celtics history, Mo Mahoney was born, Tony Lavelli debuted and Gene Guarilia left us.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, former Boston Celtic forward Francis H. Mahoney was born in 1927.

Better known as “Mo” during his tenure with the Celtics, the New Yorker played his college ball with Rhode Island’s Brown University. During his time there, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in English, and unlike today’s players, Mahoney did not make the jump to pro ball in the NBA immediately after college, electing to serve his country instead, enlisting in the U.S. Army to fight in the Korean War between 1950 and 1952.

Before he went overseas, however, Mahoney was selected by the Celtics with the 62nd overall pick (there were many more rounds in that era) of the 1950 NBA draft.