Boston Celtics jersey history No. 24 - Jerry Kelly (1946-47)
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 four people to wear the No. 24, Boston forward alum Jerry Kelly. After ending his college career at Marshall, Kelly played in other domestic leagues until he signed with the Celtics in their (and the BAA's) first-ever season of existence in 1946.
The New Yorker played a single season with Boston before joining the (defunct) Providence Steamrollers for the 1947-48 season.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Kelly wore only jersey Nos. 14 and 24, and put up 6.0 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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