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100 Causeway Street
There wasn’t a more famous address in Boston sports than 100 Causeway St., the site of the old Boston Garden. The address was originally for North Station, which opened in 1893. Nearly four decades la ...
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A Rough First NBA Season
In 1949, the Basketball Association of America – of which the Celtics were a part – and the National Basketball League merged to form the National Basketball Association. The Celtics joined the Easter ...
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Below the Parquet Floor
Not every piece of the Boston Garden parquet was shined and polished, but they all mattered. Below the glossy surface was a network of wood planks, brass screws and 988 bolts that kept the 247 5-by-5- ...
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Boston’s First Players
Coach John “Honey” Russell stood with members of the first ever Celtics team, ready to play for the 1946-47 BAA season. Standing around Boston’s first head coach were Harold Kottman, Warren Fenley, Ke ...
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Chuck Connors Plays the Star
Kevin “Chuck” Connors, the one-time Celtics player and future television star, prepared for his Hollywood career by posing with his head in a basketball rim. In the early years when the Celtics walked ...
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Chuck’s Hollywood Beginning
Kevin “Chuck” Connors’ stint with the Celtics lasted just two seasons in the 1940s before he ventured off to a successful career in Hollywood. Connors made a quick impression in only his second game i ...
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Double Trouble Simmons
Brothers Connie and Johnny Simmons posed with Celtics Coach John “Honey” Russell, likely during the team’s inaugural season of 1946-47. The Simmons brothers are one of the few siblings to each score 1 ...
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Going Dutch in Boston
Adolph Charlie “Dutch” Hoefer played on the inaugural Celtics team in the 1946-47 season. Born in 1921 in Frankfurt, Germany, Hoefer’s family immigrated to the United States in 1926. He attended Queen ...
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How Many Fouls?
In the years before high-definition scoreboards posted every statistic imaginable, manual signs helped keep track of the proceedings at Boston Garden. Boston sports fans, familiar with the manual scor ...
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John of All Trades
While John “Honey” Russell may have been the first head coach in Celtics history, he was a jack-of-all trades in the sports arena. Prior to his coaching career, he played basketball for the Chicago Br ...