On this day in Boston Celtics history, huge male Gene Englund made his launching with the storied franchise method back in 1949 when the group was still in its infancy.
A item of the University of Wisconsin Badgers — who he led to an NCAA title in 1941 — Englund would play in the National Basketball League (NBL – not be puzzled with the Australian league of today) priorto it combined with the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1949 to kind the NBA. After stints with the defunct Oshkosh (Wisconsin) All-Stars and (also defunct) Brooklyn (New York) Indians in the NBL, Englund made his method to the NBA at the end of his professional profession.
He played 24 videogames with the Celtics priorto being traded to the (then) Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now Atlanta Hawks) for John Mahnken in 1950.
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— Honest☘️Larry (@HonestLarry1) October 21, 2020
His veryfirst videogame for Boston came in a 93-82 loss to the (now defunct) Indiana Olympians on this date in 1949, with Englund putting up a extremely strong 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
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