Boston Celtics 1956-57 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Boston Celtics in the 1956-57 NBA Regular Season and the 1957 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 1956-57 Regular Season and 10 in the 1957 Playoffs.

Tom Heinsohn is the player 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 1957, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 44-28 (.611), 1st in Eastern Division
Playoffs: 7-3 (.700), NBA Champions

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
15	Tom Heinsohn Forward / Center 6-7 born Aug. 26, 1934 drafted with a territorial pick in 1956 (by the Celtics)	72 games 16.2 pts 9.8 reb 1.6 ast	10 games 22.9 pts 11.7 reb 2.0 ast
18	Jim Loscutoff Forward 6-5 born Feb. 4, 1930 drafted 3rd in 1955 (by the Celtics)	70 games 10.6 pts 10.4 reb 1.3 ast	10 games 8.0 pts 8.3 reb 0.5 ast
20	Dick Hemric Forward 6-6 born Aug. 29, 1933 drafted 10th in 1955 (by the Celtics)	67 games 5.4 pts 4.5 reb 0.6 ast	2 games 1.0 pts 4.5 reb 0.5 ast
17	Andy Phillip Guard / Forward 6-2 born Mar. 7, 1922 drafted in 1947 (by the Stags)	67 games 4.4 pts 2.7 reb 2.5 ast	10 games 2.2 pts 2.0 reb 1.7 ast
21	Bill Sharman Guard 6-1 born May. 25, 1926 drafted 16th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	67 games 21.1 pts 4.3 reb 3.5 ast	10 games 21.1 pts 3.5 reb 2.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
14	Bob Cousy Guard 6-1 born Aug. 9, 1928 drafted 3rd in 1950 (by the Blackhawks)	64 games 20.6 pts 4.8 reb 7.5 ast	10 games 20.2 pts 6.1 reb 9.3 ast
16	Jack Nichols Center / Forward 6-7 born Apr. 9, 1926 drafted 12th in 1948 (by the Capitols)	61 games 8.2 pts 6.1 reb 1.4 ast	10 games 3.5 pts 1.7 reb 0.7 ast
29	Lou Tsioropoulos Forward 6-5 born Aug. 31, 1930 drafted in 1953 (by the Celtics)	52 games 4.4 pts 4.0 reb 0.6 ast
6	Bill Russell Center 6-9 born Feb. 12, 1934 drafted 2nd in 1956 (by the Hawks)	48 games 14.7 pts 19.6 reb 1.8 ast	10 games 13.9 pts 24.4 reb 3.2 ast
19	Arnie Risen Center / Forward 6-9 born Oct. 9, 1924	43 games 8.0 pts 6.7 reb 1.2 ast	10 games 7.5 pts 5.8 reb 0.8 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Frank Ramsey Forward / Guard 6-3 born Jul. 13, 1931 drafted 5th in 1953 (by the Celtics)	35 games 11.9 pts 5.1 reb 1.9 ast	10 games 12.2 pts 4.3 reb 1.7 ast
12	Togo Palazzi Forward / Guard 6-4 born Aug. 8, 1932 drafted 5th in 1954 (by the Celtics)	21 games 5.0 pts 3.6 reb 0.4 ast