On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics power forward Ned Dixon “Dick” Hemric was born in Jonesville, North Carolina in 1933. The Jonesville native would play his college ball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, where he would make All-American in 1954 and 1955.
The 6-foot-6 forward would set a scoring record (2,587 career points) in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) that stood until 2009 and a rebounding record (1,802 career rebounds) that still stands in his time with Wake Forest, not even equaled by the mighty Tim Duncan during his tenure with the Demon Deacons many years later.
Evidently, he played well enough to convince the Celtics to draft him with the 10th overall pick of the 1955 NBA draft.