Boston Celtics jersey history No. 20 Larry Siegfried (1963-70)
The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
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 31 people to wear the No. 20 jersey, Boston guard alum Larry Siegfried. After ending his college career at Ohio State, Siegfried was picked up with the third overall selection of the 1961 NBA draft by the (then) Cincinnati Royals (now, Sacramento Kings).
The Shelby, Ohio native sat out until he signed with Boston in 1963, however, and played the first seven seasons of his pro career with the team, ending when he was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1970 expansion draft held to populate their roster.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Siegfried wore only jersey No. 20 and put up 11.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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