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The 1956-57 complete roster that won their first championship.
The 1956–57 Boston Celtics season was the 11th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the first time in franchise history, where the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals , which they would later go onto win over the St. Louis Hawks in 7 games. The Celtics would make the Finals a record 10 consecutive seasons, spanning from this season to the 1965–66 season . They were led by 1957's MVP Bob Cousy , as well as Bill Russell , Bill Sharman , and 1957's Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn .
With Russell's death in 2022, Bob Cousy is the only remaining player from the 1957 championship team still alive.
Offseason
NBA draft
Roster
Boston Celtics roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB (Y-M-D)
From
G
14
Cousy, Bob
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1928-08-09
Holy Cross
F/C
15
Heinsohn, Tom
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
218 lb (99 kg)
1934-08-26
Holy Cross
F
20
Hemric, Dick
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1933-08-29
Wake Forest
F
18
Loscutoff, Jim
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
1930-02-04
Oregon
F/C
16
Nichols, Jack
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
1926-04-09
Washington
G
17
Phillip, Andy
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1922-03-07
Illinois
G/F
23
Ramsey, Frank
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1931-07-13
Kentucky
F/C
19
Risen, Arnie
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1924-10-09
Ohio State
C
6
Russell, Bill
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1934-02-12
San Francisco
G
21
Sharman, Bill
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1926-05-25
USC
F
29
Tsioropoulos, Lou
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1930-08-31
Kentucky
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1956-57 NBA Records
Team
BOS
FWP
MIN
NYK
PHI
ROC
STL
SYR
Boston
–
6–3
5–4
7–5
8–4
6–3
7–2
5–7
Fort Wayne
3–6
–
7–5
5–4
4–5
6–6
4–8
5–4
Minneapolis
4–5
5–7
–
3–6
5–4
9–3
4–8
4–5
New York
5–7
4–5
6–3
–
4–8
5–4
6–3
6–6
Philadelphia
4–8
5–4
4–5
8–4
–
4–5
7–2
5–7
Rochester
3–6
6–6
3–9
4–5
5–4
–
6–6
4–5
St. Louis
2–7
8–4
8–4
3–6
2–7
6–6
–
5–4
Syracuse
7–5
4–5
5–4
6–6
7–5
5–4
4–5
—
Game log
1956–57 Game log
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
October 27
@ New York
115–112
Bob Cousy (35)
1–0
2
November 3
New York
113–107
Bill Sharman (31)
1–1
3
November 10
Minneapolis
110–117
Bob Cousy (27)
2–1
4
November 11
@ Syracuse
94–83
Bill Sharman (28)
3–1
5
November 14
N Minneapolis
113–97
Bill Sharman (28)
3–2
6
November 15
@ Fort Wayne
95–98
Bill Sharman (24)
3–3
7
November 17
Rochester
86–108
Jim Loscutoff (20)
4–3
8
November 18
@ Rochester
101–87
Bill Sharman (32)
5–3
9
November 21
Philadelphia
83–95
Bill Sharman (28)
6–3
10
November 22
@ Philadelphia
101–78
Bill Sharman (30)
7–3
11
November 24
Syracuse
99–114
Cousy, Sharman (21)
8–3
12
November 27
@ St. Louis
102–90
Bob Cousy (27)
9–3
13
November 28
N Minneapolis
93–105
Jim Loscutoff (26)
10–3
14
November 30
N Fort Wayne
102–104
Arnie Risen (22)
11–3
15
December 1
Fort Wayne
93–108
Bill Sharman (22)
12–3
16
December 4
N St. Louis
107–108
Cousy, Heinsohn (26)
13–3
17
December 6
@ Philadelphia
111–113
Bob Cousy (32)
13–4
18
December 7
Minneapolis
114–121
Bob Cousy (34)
14–4
19
December 9
@ Syracuse
110–116
Tom Heinsohn (25)
14–5
20
December 11
N Fort Wayne
97–113
Tom Heinsohn (34)
15–5
21
December 12
Rochester
103–93
Bob Cousy (23)
15–6
22
December 15
St. Louis
99–102
Bob Cousy (26)
16–6
23
December 16
N Philadelphia
116–104
Bob Cousy (21)
16–7
24
December 18
@ New York
99–110
Bob Cousy (35)
16–8
25
December 22
St. Louis
93–95
Tom Heinsohn (19)
17–8
26
December 23
@ Fort Wayne
87–95
Bill Sharman (26)
17–9
27
December 25
N Philadelphia
89–82
Bob Cousy (22)
17–10
28
December 26
Philadelphia
97–120
Dickie Hemric (27)
18–10
29
December 27
N Rochester
92–97
Bill Sharman (19)
19–10
30
December 30
Syracuse
92–105
Bill Sharman (28)
20–10
31
January 1
N Philadelphia
87–100
Tom Heinsohn (30)
21–10
32
January 4
N Syracuse
116–106
Bob Cousy (32)
21–11
33
January 6
Fort Wayne
92–118
Bob Cousy (20)
22–11
34
January 8
@ New York
102–113
Cousy, Sharman (25)
22–12
35
January 10
@ Fort Wayne
98–81
Jim Loscutoff (22)
23–12
36
January 12
@ St. Louis
98–100
Bill Sharman (32)
23–13
37
January 13
@ Minneapolis
87–104
Bill Sharman (24)
23–14
38
January 18
St. Louis
117–126
Bill Sharman (33)
24–14
39
January 19
@ Rochester
97–83
Bob Cousy (33)
25–14
40
January 20
New York
78–114
Bob Cousy (32)
26–14
41
January 23
Syracuse
108–140
Bill Sharman (22)
27–14
42
January 25
Minneapolis
106–115
Bob Cousy (30)
28–14
43
January 27
@ Philadelphia
107–87
Bill Sharman (30)
29–14
44
January 28
Philadelphia
95–105
Bob Cousy (22)
30–14
45
January 29
N Minneapolis
91–103
Bill Sharman (32)
31–14
46
January 30
Syracuse
119–116
Bill Sharman (26)
31–15
47
January 31
@ Syracuse
104–105
Bill Sharman (30)
31–16
48
February 2
@ New York
114–111
Bill Russell (22)
32–16
49
February 3
New York
98–116
Bill Sharman (33)
33–16
50
February 5
N Syracuse
101–105
Bob Cousy (24)
34–16
51
February 6
Fort Wayne
93–108
Bill Sharman (28)
35–16
52
February 8
N New York
92–90
Frank Ramsey (23)
35–17
53
February 9
@ Rochester
102–103
Tom Heinsohn (20)
35–18
54
February 10
Philadelphia
98–103 (OT)
Bob Cousy (26)
36–18
55
February 13
@ Minneapolis
114–115
Cousy, Heinsohn (27)
36–19
56
February 14
@ Fort Wayne
106–112
Frank Ramsey (25)
36–20
57
February 15
@ St. Louis
123–116 (2OT)
Bob Cousy (33)
37–20
58
February 17
@ Syracuse
106–116
Bill Russell (23)
37–21
59
February 19
@ New York
112–110
Bob Cousy (27)
38–21
60
February 21
St. Louis
112–125
Tom Heinsohn (32)
39–21
61
February 22
@ Philadelphia
109–117
Heinsohn, Russell (30)
39–22
62
February 24
New York
85–97
Bill Sharman (27)
40–22
63
February 26
N Rochester
77–92
Bill Sharman (32)
41–22
64
February 28
N New York
122–121 (OT)
Tom Heinsohn (35)
41–23
65
March 1
Philadelphia
80–90
Ramsey, Sharman (19)
42–23
66
March 2
@ Rochester
87–96
Tom Heinsohn (20)
42–24
67
March 3
Rochester
102–111
Bill Russell (30)
43–24
68
March 5
@ St. Louis
102–104
Tom Heinsohn (41)
43–25
69
March 7
@ Minneapolis
104–109
Bill Sharman (26)
43–26
70
March 9
@ Syracuse
102–104
Bill Sharman (27)
43–27
71
March 10
Syracuse
94–92
Bill Sharman (24)
43–28
72
March 13
New York
91–122
Bill Sharman (28)
44–28
Player statistics
Season
* – Stats with the Celtics.
Playoffs
Playoffs
1957 playoff game log
Division Finals: 3–0 (home: 2–0; road: 1–0)
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
1957 schedule
Awards and honors
Bob Cousy, NBA MVP of the Year
Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
Tom Heinsohn, NBA Rookie of the Year
Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team
References
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