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The team's roots lay in the New York Celtics team that disbanded during World War I. In 1918, James Furey assembled his own team around a nucleus of those truly "original" Celtics, adding other players mostly from the West Side of New York City, and defiantly called his new squad the Original Celtics.
The Celtics this time represented the city of New York. Joe Lapchick, Nat Holman, Pete Berry, Dutch Dehnert and Davey Banks led the New York Celtics to a 40–9 record. The playoffs saw Fort Wayne defeat Cleveland 2 games to 0, and New York defeated Philadelphia 2 games to zero. New York defeated Fort Wayne 3 games to 1 in the championship series.
Players for the New York City-based Original Celtics of the American Basketball League (1925-1955). For players on the modern Celtics, see Category:Boston Celtics players . Pages in category "Original Celtics players"
View history; General ... Articles about the New York City-based Original Celtics of the American Basketball League (1925-1955). For the modern Celtics, see ...
Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).
Can you name the top-10 players in franchise history in terms of games played in the postseason? ... (19) is defended by New York Knicks forward Dave DeBusschere (22) at Madison Square Garden ...
New York Knicks: G 1971–1980 Wore no. 33 for a few games in the 1971–72 season. 15: Dick McGuire † New York Knicks: G 1949–1957 Also served as head coach (1965–1968) and scouting director. 19: Willis Reed † New York Knicks: C 1964–1974 Also served as head coach (1977–1978). 22: Dave DeBusschere † New York Knicks: F 1968–1974
This is every player in Boston's history who wore the Celtics' No. 55 jersey for at least one game as of October 2022.