Members of the 1961-62 Celtics signed a basketball for Bob Cousy after he became only the second player in NBA history to score 15,000 career points. On November 25, 1961, Cousy met the mark on a 20-foot push shot just 1:47 into a game held at Boston Garden. He went on to score 22 points […]

Following a disappointing loss in the 1958 NBA Finals, the Celtics were back to retake their crown. Led by cover boy Frank Ramsey, the Celtics swept the Minneapolis Lakers to win the 1959 NBA World Championship title. That season’s yearbook featured biographies and stats on every player (check out the PDF to see a sample […]

Led by All-NBA stars Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman, the Celtics scored an average of 101.5 points per game during the 1954-55 season, the best in the league. On the other hand, they also gave up a league-worst 101.5 points per game, which led to a predictable 36-36 record. In the 1955 Eastern Division Semifinals, […]

Instead of a team photo, the Celtics opted for floating heads on the team’s 1957-58 yearbook cover. Inside, the yearbook was becoming less a media guide and more a fan publication with fun facts and sketches of the Celtics players and front office. The publication featured a minute-by-minute breakdown of the thrilling double-overtime win over […]

Green-painted parquet is highly coveted among Celtics fans and collectors. This section had added value with autographs from some of the greatest players in franchise history. See if you can make out all of signatures inked on the original parquet.

Some Celtics greats of the 1950s and 1960s signed this classic black and green hat. Signatures include Hall-of-Famers Bob Cousy, Frank Ramsey, Satch Sanders and Tommy Heinsohn. Anyone who wears this hat is bound to feel like a champion.

A Celtics practice under Red Auerbach could be intense. He banned water during practice on the theory that it would slow players down. According to John Havlicek, he heard stories that Bill Sharman and K.C. Jones practiced so hard “they nearly had bloodbaths.” As for Auerbach, he said, “I tried to make the practices interesting […]

The Celtics dynasty was in full swing after the C’s won their third straight NBA World Championship title in 1961. The starting five of Sam Jones, Frank Ramsey, Bob Cousy, Tommy Heinsohn and Bill Russell, along with stars off the bench like K.C. Jones, Satch Sanders, Jim Loscutoff and Gary Phillips, helped lead the team […]

(Left to right) Red Auerbach, Frank Ramsey, Jim Loscutoff, Bill Russell, Tommy Heinsohn and Bob Cousy shared a laugh during a practice. Auerbach had a reputation as a practical joker, once giving Heinsohn a fake cigar that exploded when Heinsohn took a puff. Heinsohn eventually got his revenge on his cigar-chomping coach, saying, “it took […]

The 1958-59 Celtics took time from their NBA World Championship title-winning season to snap a team photo and sign it. The team was an offensive powerhouse, averaging an NBA-best 116 points per game behind top scorers Bill Sharman and Bob Cousy. A 52-20 regular season record ended with a sweep in the 1959 NBA Finals […]