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 21 players who wore No. 5 over the years.
This is every player in Boston’s history who wore the Celtics’ No. 7 jersey for at least one game. https://t.co/W37oLyFlqr
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) October 10, 2021
1946 - Moe Becker - wing
Happy birthday in heaven Moe Becker. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/PWysw6K36F
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) February 24, 2021
1946 - Tony Kappen - guard
Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
1947 - Dick Murphy - guard
(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
1947-48 - Cecil Hankins - guard
Happy birthday in heaven Cecil Hankins. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/wsHj3GjM6r
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) January 6, 2021
1948-49 - Bill Roberts - center
Happy birthday in heaven Bill Roberts. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/t7WcfEiaDS
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) March 13, 2021
1949-51 - Ed Leede - wing
Happy birthday in heaven Ed Leede. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/2YxhtDzmPw
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) July 17, 2021
1955 - Skippy Whitaker - guard
Happy birthday in heaven Skippy Whitaker. You won a championship at Kentucky with fellow Celtic Frank Ramsey but didn’t hang around in Boston long enough to win one here with him. #Celtics pic.twitter.com/eizOYsPxKv
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) August 29, 2021
1965-66 - John Thompson - forward
Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
1985-87 - Bill Walton - center
(AP Photo/Steve Pyle)
1989-93 - John Bagley - guard
(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
1995 - Jay Humphries - guard
Happy birthday Jay Humphries! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/OlIC4c2rTb
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) October 17, 2020
1995-96 - Junior Burrough - forward
Happy birthday Junior Burrough! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/EECfIaeIFu
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) January 18, 2021
1996-97 - Michael Hawkins - guard
Happy birthday Michael Hawkins! #Celtics pic.twitter.com/d3L7DXgUyl
— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) October 28, 2020
1997-99 - Ron Mercer - wing
Jamie Squire /Allsport
1999 - Wayne Turner - guard
Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports
1999 - Jamel Thomas - forward
(Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
2000-01 - Jérôme Moïso - center
RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports
2003-04 - Kedrick Brown - forward
(AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
2004-05 - Michael Stewart - center
(Eliot J. Schechter/Getty Images)
2006-07 - Gerald Green - wing
Lou Capozzola-USA TODAY NETWORK
2007-13 - Kevin Garnett - forward
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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