Boston Celtics 1955-56 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Boston Celtics in the 1955-56 NBA Regular Season and the 1956 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Boston Celtics used 10 players in the 1955-56 Regular Season and 10 in the 1956 Playoffs.

Ernie Barrett, Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman are the players from this roster with the most regular season games played, with 72.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1956, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 39-33 (.542), 2nd in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 1-2 (.333), Lost East Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Ernie Barrett Guard / Forward 6-3 born Aug. 27, 1929 drafted 7th in 1951 (by the Celtics)	72 games 7.0 pts 3.4 reb 2.4 ast	3 games 3.7 pts 2.3 reb 1.3 ast
14	Bob Cousy Guard 6-1 born Aug. 9, 1928 drafted 3rd in 1950 (by the Blackhawks)	72 games 18.8 pts 6.8 reb 8.9 ast	3 games 26.3 pts 8.0 reb 8.7 ast
21	Bill Sharman Guard 6-1 born May. 25, 1926 drafted 16th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	72 games 19.9 pts 3.6 reb 4.7 ast	3 games 17.3 pts 2.3 reb 4.0 ast
20	Dick Hemric Forward 6-6 born Aug. 29, 1933 drafted 10th in 1955 (by the Celtics)	71 games 7.0 pts 5.6 reb 0.8 ast	3 games 6.3 pts 7.3 reb 0.3 ast
18	Jim Loscutoff Forward 6-5 born Feb. 4, 1930 drafted 3rd in 1955 (by the Celtics)	71 games 8.3 pts 8.8 reb 0.9 ast	3 games 9.7 pts 8.7 reb 1.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
22	Ed Macauley Center / Forward 6-8 born Mar. 22, 1928 drafted with a territorial pick in 1949 (by the Bombers)	71 games 17.5 pts 5.9 reb 3.0 ast	3 games 10.3 pts 5.0 reb 1.7 ast
15	Red Morrison Forward / Center 6-8 born Apr. 26, 1932 drafted 14th in 1954 (by the Celtics)	71 games 3.1 pts 4.9 reb 0.7 ast	3 games 1.3 pts 3.7 reb 0.0 ast
19	Arnie Risen Center / Forward 6-9 born Oct. 9, 1924	68 games 8.1 pts 8.1 reb 1.3 ast	3 games 12.3 pts 14.7 reb 0.7 ast
12	Togo Palazzi Forward / Guard 6-4 born Aug. 8, 1932 drafted 5th in 1954 (by the Celtics)	63 games 6.0 pts 2.9 reb 0.7 ast	2 games 1.0 pts 1.0 reb 0.0 ast
16	Jack Nichols Center / Forward 6-7 born Apr. 9, 1926 drafted 12th in 1948 (by the Capitols)	60 games 14.3 pts 10.4 reb 2.7 ast	3 games 13.7 pts 12.0 reb 3.3 ast