Boston Celtics jersey history No. 29 - Lou Tsioropoulos (1956-57)
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with the first of four people to wear the No. 29, Boston forward alum Lou Tsioropoulos. After ending his college career at Kentucky, Tsioropoulos was picked up with the 56th overall selection of the 1953 NBA Draft by the Celtics.
The Lynn, Massachusetts native would play all three seasons of his NBA career with Boston --winning an NBA title in two of them -- before retiring from the league as a player in 1959.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Tsioropoulos wore only jersey Nos. 29 and 20 and put up 5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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