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On this day: Celtics forward Bailey Howell, center Patrick O’Bryant born

On this day in Celtics history, champion forward Bailey Howell was born, as was center Patrick O’Bryant.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion Celtics small forward Bailey Howell was born in Middleton, Tennessee back in 1937. Howell, who played for the Celts for 4 seasons between 1966 and 1970, was picked up by the Detroit Pistons with the second overall pick of the 1959 NBA draft after playing his college ball at Mississippi State University.

He remained with the Pistons for a total of 5 seasons until he was traded to the (then) Baltimore Bullets (now, Washington Wizards) along with Bobby Ferry, Les Hunter, Wali Jones, and Don Ohl for Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis, and Rod Thorn.

He would later come to Boston after being traded in exchange for Mel Counts in September 1966.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 26

Today’s installment focuses on the nine players who wore No. 26 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 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 nine players who wore No. 26 over the years as of August 2023.

On this day: Radja waived; O’Bryant signed; Mihm born

On this day, the Boston Celtics waived Dino Radja, signed Patrick O’Bryant, and former Boston big Chris Mihm was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team waived Croatian big man Dino Radja to make way for new head coach and team president Rick Pitino’s vision for the team in 1997 after Pitino assumed the roles of both team president and head coach.

Radja had been with the Celtics for four seasons after being drafted 40th overall by Boston in the 1989 NBA draft. He did not immediately join the team, however. His Yugoslavian club, Jugoplastika, fought in court to keep his rights to the end of his contract with them, which was followed by a stint with an Italian team.

He finally joined the Celtics in July 1993, but the injuries sustained toward the end of his first deal with Boston and the incoming new regime spelled the end of his time with the team. Over those four seasons with the Celtics, he averaged 16.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

On this day: Celtics forward Bailey Howell, center Patrick O’Bryant born

On this day in Celtics history, champion forward Bailey Howard was born, as was center Patrick O’Bryant.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, champion Celtics small forward Bailey Howell was born in Middleton, Tennessee back in 1937. Howell, who played for the Celts for 4 seasons between 1966 and 1970, was picked up by the Detroit Pistons with the second overall pick of the 1959 NBA draft after playing his college ball at Mississippi State University.

He remained with the Pistons for a total of 5 seasons until he was traded to the (then) Baltimore Bullets (now, Washington Wizards) along with Bobby Ferry, Les Hunter, Wali Jones, and Don Ohl for Terry Dischinger, Don Kojis, and Rod Thorn.

He would later come to Boston after being traded in exchange for Mel Counts in September 1966.

On this day: Radja waived; O’Bryant signed; Mihm born

On this day, the Boston Celtics waived Dino Radja, signed Patrick O’Bryant, and former Boston big Chris Mihm was born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team waived Croatian big man Dino Radja to make way for new head coach and team president Rick Pitino’s vision for the team in 1997 after Pitino assumed the roles of both team president and head coach.

Radja had been with the Celtics for four seasons after being drafted 40th overall by Boston in the 1989 NBA draft. He did not immediately join the team, however. His Yugoslavian club, Jugoplastika, fought in court to keep his rights to the end of his contract with them, which was followed by a stint with an Italian team.

He finally joined the Celtics in July 1993, but the injuries sustained toward the end of his first deal with Boston and the incoming new regime spelled the end of his time with the team. Over those four seasons with the Celtics, he averaged 16.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

On this day: Radja waived; O’Bryant signed; Mihm born

On this day, the Boston Celtics waived Dino Radja, signed Patrick O’Bryant, and former Boston big Chris Mihm was born.

On this day in 1997, the Boston Celtics waived Croatian big man Dino Radja to make way for new head coach and team president Rick Pitino’s vision for the team.

Radja had been with the Celtics for four seasons after being drafted 40th overall by Boston in the 1989 NBA Draft.

He had to wait to join the team, however, as his Yugoslavian team Jugoplastika fought in court to keep his rights to the end of his contract with them, followed by a stint with an Italian team.

He would finally join the Celtics in July of 1993, but the injuries sustained towards the end of his first deal with Boston and the incoming new regime spelled the end of his time in Boston.

Over those four seasons with the Celtics, he averaged averaged 16.7 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

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