Today in Celtics history: Kelvin Upshaw born

Today, January 24th, is the the 54th anniversary of former Boston Celtics shooting guard Kelvin Upshaw.

While Kelvin had a long career as both a player and a coach - the epitome of a journeyman, playing his way onto multiple NBA teams and many others in lesser leagues - he only appeared in 37 games over two seasons (1988-89 and 1989-90) for Boston. He averaged 5.2 points and 3.4 assists per game those two seasons, effectively serving as second string ball handler and combo-guard behind Dennis Johnson and Brian Shaw his first season with the club, and behind Reggie Lewis his second season.

Kelvin played his college ball at both Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1982-83) and Utah (1983-86), going…