7-time NBA champion, Celtics legend Jim Loscutoff dies at age 85
BOSTON (AP) — Jim Loscutoff, a seven time NBA champion who played his entire nine-year career with the Boston Celtics, has died.
The team said in a statement that Loscutoff died Tuesday. He was 85. The team did not disclose a cause.
He is the only Celtics player to have his name, and not uniform number, retired ‘‘for his leadership and all-around excellent play.’’
Affectionately nicknamed ‘‘Loscy’’ or ‘‘Jungle Jim,’’ Loscutoff was the team’s first-round draft pick out of Oregon in 1955. The 6-foot-5 forward averaged 6.2 points and 5.6 rebounds in his career.
After he retired in 1964, Loscutoff and his wife, Lynn, founded Camp Evergreen, a children’s day camp in Andover.
The team says he is survived by his wife and three children.
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This story has been corrected to show that Loscutoff played nine years in the NBA.
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