Connie Simmons Today, March 15th is the birthdate of three former Boston Celtics players from the earliest days of the club - big men Brady Walker and Connie Simmons, and wing John Janisch.
John Janisch All three were finished with their time in green by the end of the first five seasons of the team's history. Simmons was part of the very first (1946-47) Celtics squad and some of the following season before being traded to the Baltimore Bullets in February 1948. Janisch was briefly his teammate, having joined the Celts a few months before Simmons was traded after being snatched up by Red Auerbach and company after the dispersal draft following the demise of the Detroit Falcons, who played…
