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 14 players who wore No. 42 over the years.
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1975-76 - Jerome Anderson - guard
Jerome Anderson won an NBA Championship with the Celtics. Ron Fritz Williams won a Conference title but not an NBA championship. pic.twitter.com/1kAqcxEEqI
— H. Wayne Lambert (@hwlamb01) June 5, 2021
1977 - Bobby Wilson - guard
Happy birthday Bobby Wilson! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/p3Iu3aOuuk
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) January 15, 2021
1977-80 - Don Chaney - guard
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1978-82 - Chris Ford - guard
(AP Photo/Paul Benoit)
1987-89 - Mark Acres - center
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1990-91 - Dave Popson - forward
Happy birthday Dave Popson! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/2aNSknLco2
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) May 17, 2021
1992 - Joe Wolf - center
Happy birthday Joe Wolf! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/cm6B8Ym34C
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) December 17, 2020
1996-97 - Steve Hamer - center
Happy birthday Steve Hamer! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/k6Dk4bKFRr
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) November 13, 2020
2001-02 - Kedrick Brown - forward
(AP Photo/LM Otero)
2002-04 - Vin Baker - forward
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
2004-10 - Tony Allen - guard
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2013-15 - Shavlik Randolph - forward
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2015-16 - David Lee - forward
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2017-19, 2021 - Al Horford - forward
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