14-05-2025
Boston Celtics jersey history No. 20 - Al Lucas (1948)
Boston Celtics jersey history No. 20 - Al Lucas (1948)
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 wing alum Al Lucas. After ending his college career at Fordham, Lucas joined the Celtics in 1948 for a very brief tenure.
His stay with the team would span just two games before he would retire from the league.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Lucas wore only jersey No. 20 and put up 1.0 points and 1.0 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
