1948-49 Boston Celtics Roster

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 25-35
Finishing 5th in the BAA's Eastern Division
Coach: Alvin Julian (25-35)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 144,275, Avg. 4,975 in 29 home dates
1948-49 Boston Celtics Statistics
1948-49 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 25 wins and 35 losses, finishing fifth in the BAA's Eastern Division.

The Celtics scored 4,593 points and conceded 4,768. Bulbs Ehlers tossed in a team-best 514 points for Boston, and Jim Seminoff dished out 229 assists for the squad.

Alvin Julian coached the team.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown
Johnny BachF-GJuly 10, 19246'2"180FordhamBrooklyn, NY USA
Hank BeendersC-FJune 2, 19166'5"185LIUHaarlem, HOL
Bob DollF-CAugust 10, 19196'4"195ColoradoSteamboat Springs, CO USA
Bulbs EhlersF-GMarch 10, 19236'3"198Purdue
Johnny EzerskyF-G6'3"175noneNew York, NY USA
Phil FarbmanFApril 3, 19246'1"185CCNY
Jack GarfinkelGJune 13, 19186'0"190St. John's (NY)Brooklyn, NY
Chick HalbertCFebruary 27, 19196'9"225West Texas State
John HazenGMarch 2, 19276'2"172Indiana State
George KaftanFFebruary 22, 19286'3"190Holy CrossNew York, NY USA
Tom KellyGMarch 5, 19246'0"170NYUNew York, NY USA
Bob KinneyC-FSeptember 16, 19206'6"215RiceFort Scott, KS USA
Al LucasF-GJuly 4, 19226'3"195Fordham
George NostrandC-FJanuary 25, 19246'8"195WyomingUniondale, NY USA
Stan NoszkaGSeptember 9, 19206'1"185Duquesne
Dermie O'ConnellGApril 13, 19286'0"174Holy Cross
Mel RiebeG-FJuly 12, 19165'11"180none
Bill RobertsCMarch 3, 19256'8"195WyomingFort Wayne, IN USA
Jim SeminoffG-FSeptember 1, 19226'2"190USCLos Angeles, CA USA
Earl ShannonG-FNovember 23, 19215'11"170Rhode IslandProvidence, RI USA
Art SpectorFOctober 17, 19206'4"200VillanovaPhiladelphia, PA USA
Gene StumpF-GNovember 13, 19236'2"185DePaul



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