The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.
In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.
Today’s installment focuses on the 29 players who wore No. 11 over the years.
This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 14 jersey for at least one game. https://t.co/5F1SHFe2aN
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 4, 2021
1946-47 - Chuck Connors - forward
(AP Photo)
1948 - Stan Noszka - guard
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1949 - Chick Halbert - center
Happy birthday in heaven Chick Halbert. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/75H2hRopXh
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) February 27, 2021
1949-50 - Tony Lavelli - forward
On this day in 1949, Boston rookie Tony Lavelli scored 26 points to lead the Celtics to an 88-69 win over defending champion Minneapolis. At halftime, Lavelli played one of his roughly two-dozen halftime accordion mini-concerts before 5,206 fans in Boston Garden (via @NBAHistory) pic.twitter.com/FTJcXcPX9T
— NBA Cobwebs (@NBACobwebs) December 22, 2019
1950-54 - Chuck Cooper - forward
(AP Photo/Steven Senne)
1964-66 - Mel Counts - center
(AP Photo/HF)
1966-67 - Jim Barnett - guard
(AP Photo)
1967-69 - Mal Graham - guard
Happy birthday Mal Graham! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/NBcuJxUZTs
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) February 23, 2021
1969-74 - Steve Kuberski - forward
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1975-78 - Charlie Scott - guard
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1979 - Bob McAdoo - center
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1981 - Tracy Jackson - guard
(AP Photo)
1985-87 - Sam Vincent - guard
(AP Photo/Paul Benoit)
1987-88 - Dirk Minniefield - guard
(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
1989-91 - Michael Smith - forward
It's the 1989 NBA draft
The Celtics have the 13th pick, and it's a miracle! Tim Hardaway, Shawn Kemp, Dana Barros, Blue Edwards and Vlade Divac are still on the board!
The Celtics: we will take Michael Smith
😭Lewis/Bird/Kemp/McHale/Parish
😭Hardaway/Lewis/Bird/McHale/Parish pic.twitter.com/wMiBF5EpBd
— Dee4Three Holding Court 🏀 (@Dee4Three84) February 11, 2021
1992 - Stojko Vranković - center
Stojko wore 2 numbers with the Celtics during his time, #11 and #52 pic.twitter.com/NS0TYd3KnX
— Frosty Bias (@frostybias) October 26, 2020
1995-2000 - Dana Barros - guard
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2000-02 - Randy Brown - guard
(AP Photo/Jared Leeds)
2002-03 - Shammond Williams - guard
(AP Photo/Ben Margot)
2003 - Mark Bryant - forward
Happy birthdays Yogi Stewart and Mark Bryant! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/NqKoQrXLJ9
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) April 25, 2020
2003-06 - Marcus Banks - guard
(Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
2007-11 - Glen Davis - center
(Nick Laham/Getty Images)
2011-12 - Sasha Pavlović - wing
Joshua S. Kelly-USA TODAY Sports
2012-14 - Courtney Lee - wing
(Chris Elise/Getty Images)
2014 - Jerryd Bayless - guard
Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
2014-16 - Evan Turner - wing
(Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports)
2017-19 - Kyrie Irving - guard
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
2019-20 - Enes Kanter - center
(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
2020-21 - Payton Pritchard - guard
(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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