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, their unretired jersey numbers pack 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.
Buy Celtics TicketsToday’s installment focuses on the seven players who wore No. 18 over the years as of September 2023.
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1951 - Bob Harris - forward
1952-55 - Bob Brannum - forward
1955-64 - Jim Loscutoff - forward
1964-65 - John Thompson - forward
1965-66 - Woody Sauldsberry - forward
1966-70 - Bailey Howell - forward
1970-80 - Dave Cowens - center
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