Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 44

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.

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Today’s installment focuses on the dozen players who wore No. 44 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

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1972-75 - Paul Westphal - guard

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1977-78 - Dave Bing - guard

(AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

1980 - Pete Maravich

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1981-89 - Danny Ainge - guard

(AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)

1991-97 - Rick Fox - forward

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1999 - Eric Riley - center

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1999-2001 - Adrian Griffin - wing

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

2003-05 - Jiri Welsch - wing

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

2005-10 - Brian Scalabrine - forward

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2011-13 - Chris Wilcox - center

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

2014-17 - Tyler Zeller - center

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

2018-21 - Robert Williams III - center

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