Boston Celtics 2021 Daily Sports Calendar

Happy New Year!!!

We have a new year, so we have a new calendar.  This one is basically the same as last year's calendar, it includes facts and trivia for each day.  Both weekend days are lumped together on one page, so that saves the publisher over 50 pages as well as over 25 pages dedicated to trivia.  Accountants, whacha gonna do?  

Sometimes I'll make a trivia question out of a fact page. Sometimes a board member will come up with a trivia question that they find interesting.  It's all good.

I don't plan to run a contest this year.  I'll just continue to scan the calendar pages as before.  That doesn't mean that a board member (or two, or three?) can't take the reins and invent a trivia contest for 2021.  Maybe each one can take a month at a time, on a rotating basis, in order to share the effort.  Feel free to make plans on this thread.  

Here's the 2021 Quick View page:



Enjoy!

RosalieTCeltics wrote:is this a trick question ???  I am still going with 17

Rosalie,

Yes, 17 is the answer. Kinda a soft-toss question to start the new year.

Bonus trivia question!!

Which uniform number did the Celtics retire for Red?

willjr wrote:The Chief

willjr,

Yes. Robert Parish became the fifth player in NBA history to record 2,000 career blocks in 1992. The others were Kareem, Mark Eaton, Wayne "Tree" Rollins and George Johnson.

Wiki wrote:The block title was first recognized in the 1973–74 season when statistics on blocks were first compiled

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_annual_blocks_leaders

I can think of a couple players who would be on that list if blocks were compiled in the 1960's.

The first player taken in the inaugural 1947 draft was:

Edwin "Bulbs" Ehlers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbs_Ehlers

RosalieTCeltics wrote:I believe 3, he has never been an all star anywhere else

Rajon Rondo was named an All-Star 4 times and played in three games.




http://www.celticstats.com/player/rajonrondo.php