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 second of four people to wear the No. 32, Boston forward alum Ed Searcy. After ending his college career at St. John’s, Searcy was picked up with the 82nd overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1974 NBA Draft by the (then) New Orleans (now, Utah) Jazz.
The New Yorker was cut before the start of the season, however, and signed with Boston for the sole season of his NBA career in 1975.
During his time suiting up for the Celtics, Searcy wore only jersey No. 32 and put up 1.5 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.