Boston Celtics jersey history No. 20 - Tommy Heinsohn (1960)
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, Hall of Fame Boston forward alum Tommy Heinsohn. After ending his college career at Holy Cross, Heinsohn was picked up with the sixth overall selection of the 1956 NBA draft by the Celtics.
The Union City, New Jersey native played all nine seasons of his NBA career with Boston, winning titles in eight of them along with countless other accolades. He retired as one of the most decorated players in team history in 1965.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Heinsohn wore only jersey Nos. 15 and 20, and put up 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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