The Boston Celtics have had players suiting up in a total of 68 different jersey numbers (and have three others not part of any numerical series) since their founding at the dawn of the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- the league that would become today's NBA), worn by well over 500 players in the course of Celtics history.
To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Celtics Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
With 25 of those jerseys now retired to honor some of the greatest Celtics to wear those jerseys, there is a lot of history to cover.
And for today's article, we will continue with the first of 6 people to wear the No. 15 jersey, Boston forward alum Howard Crisler. After ending his college career at Iowa State, Crisler joined the Celtics in their (and the BAA's) first season of existence.
It was his only season in the league, the Richmond, California native retiring from the BAA after just 4 tilts.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Crisler wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 1.5 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Celtics jersey history No. 15 - Howard Crisler (1946)
