Boston Celtics 1952-53 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Boston Celtics in the 1952-53 NBA Regular Season and the 1953 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Boston Celtics used 12 players in the 1952-53 Regular Season and 10 in the 1953 Playoffs.

A total of 4 players from this roster played in 71 games, the season high for the Celtics.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1953, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 46-25 (.648), 3rd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 3-3 (.500), Lost East Div Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
18	Bob Brannum Forward / Center 6-5 born May. 28, 1925	71 games 6.8 pts 7.6 reb 2.1 ast	6 games 5.2 pts 3.5 reb 1.7 ast
14	Bob Cousy Guard 6-1 born Aug. 9, 1928 drafted 3rd in 1950 (by the Blackhawks)	71 games 19.8 pts 6.3 reb 7.7 ast	6 games 25.5 pts 4.2 reb 6.2 ast
12	Bob Donham Guard / Forward 6-2 born Oct. 11, 1926 drafted in 1950 (by the Celtics)	71 games 6.4 pts 3.4 reb 2.2 ast	6 games 5.5 pts 3.5 reb 2.2 ast
21	Bill Sharman Guard 6-1 born May. 25, 1926 drafted 16th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	71 games 16.2 pts 4.1 reb 2.7 ast	6 games 11.7 pts 2.5 reb 2.5 ast
11	Chuck Cooper Forward 6-5 born Sep. 29, 1926 drafted 12th in 1950 (by the Celtics)	70 games 6.5 pts 6.3 reb 1.6 ast	6 games 10.0 pts 6.5 reb 2.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
13	Bob Harris Forward / Center 6-7 born Mar. 16, 1927 drafted 3rd in 1949 (by the Pistons)	70 games 7.4 pts 6.9 reb 1.4 ast	6 games 8.3 pts 9.3 reb 2.0 ast
22	Ed Macauley Center / Forward 6-8 born Mar. 22, 1928 drafted with a territorial pick in 1949 (by the Bombers)	69 games 20.3 pts 9.1 reb 4.1 ast	6 games 16.8 pts 9.7 reb 3.5 ast
16	John Mahnken Center 6-8 born Jun. 16, 1922	69 games 2.8 pts 2.6 reb 1.1 ast	6 games 0.8 pts 3.2 reb 1.0 ast
4	Kenny Rollins Guard 6-0 born Sep. 14, 1923 drafted in 1948 (by the Pistons)	43 games 2.3 pts 1.0 reb 1.1 ast	6 games 3.3 pts 1.3 reb 1.2 ast
17	Gene Conley Center / Forward 6-8 born Nov. 10, 1930 drafted in 1952 (by the Celtics)	39 games 2.3 pts 4.4 reb 0.5 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
19	Mo Mahoney Forward 6-2 born Nov. 20, 1927 drafted in 1950 (by the Celtics)	6 games 2.0 pts 1.2 reb 0.2 ast	4 games 2.3 pts 1.8 reb 0.5 ast
	Kleggie Hermsen Center / Forward 6-9 born Mar. 12, 1923	4 games 0.3 pts 1.8 reb 0.0 ast