Celtics Birthdays: Coaches, Big Men, Guards

0:00It's April 5th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Boston Celtics News today, your AI-powered team report. Today marks the birth of Alvin Doggy, Julian, back in 1901, in Reading, Pennsylvania, the second-head coach in Boston Celtics history. This multi-sport star played football, baseball, and basketball at Buttnell University, before a four-year pro baseball stint from 1922. To 1926, Julian kicked off his basketball coaching at Muthenburg College in 1936, then hit Holy Cross in 1945, where he snagged. An NCAA title with a young Bob Kuzi. He jumped to the Celtics in 1948, coaching through Kuzi's rookie year before stepping away. Shout-out to George Nostran, born in 1924 in Uniondale, New York, who suited up as a center under Julian in 1949. After college at High Point, Wyoming, he averaged 8.3 points and 1.2 assists over two seasons with Boston back when.

1:00Rebounds weren't even tracked. Fast forward to Shaman Williams, born in 1975 in the Bronx, cousin to Kevin Garnett and a UNC Tar Heal. He landed with the Celtics in a 2002 trade, involving Vin Baker, dropping 7.3 points, 2.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in his short stint before another deal. These birthdays remind us how the Celtics legacy weaves through coaches, big men, and guards who built the foundation, layer by gritty layer.