From now until February 11, Red’s Army will be posting stories about the players behind the Celtics’ 22 retired numbers and that one retired nickname. Stories will be posted in the order that the numbers were retired.
Two things stand out when you look at the three banners with all of the Celtics retired numbers. The two empty spots, and “LOSCY.”
There’d be one empty spot, though, if Loscy, better known as “Jungle” Jim Loscutoff, let the Celtics do what they wanted and retire his number 18.
As a forward at the University of Oregon, he was a premier rebounder (he holds the team record for most in a game: 32) and the team’s leading scorer before getting drafted.