jungle jim loscutoff

[rollie mass]

has died at age 80-i used to go to his camp in stoneham as a 15year old he was the celtics enforcer but the nicest guy

[Celtics4ever]

May he RIP

[Redz]

[Alleyoopster]

(Excerpts from 1985 Article and other Loscutoff links)
Although Loscutoff was the leading scorer for the University of Oregon in 1954-55, Auerbach drafted him primarily to carry on a tradition of enforcers exemplified by Bob Harris, 6-7 and 195 pounds, in 1950-51 and Bob Brannum, 6-5 and 235 pounds, in 1951-52.

But Loscutoff was a thug extraordinaire.

"It's unbelievable," Loscutoff said, laughing at the memory of his glory days. "I've been out of the game 20 years, and people still call me up and ask me about how many people I hit.

"I'll tell you what type of player I was. If somebody stood in my way, I'd knock them down. Even if they didn't stand in my way, but if they were bothering another player, they'd have to deal with me. Red (Auerbach) didn't tell me to play that way. I knew that was my role."


Bob Ryan, a sportswriter for the Boston Globe, said Loscutoff was definitely tougher than any current player.
"You won't see anyone as tough as Losky anymore," Ryan said. "The game has changed too much." Changed for the better, as far as Loscutoff is concerned.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-06-09/sports/sp-10006_1_jim-loscutoff

http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/LegalTimeLuscutoff.html

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

[fairweatherfan]

RIP to the only Celtic that managed to get his name retired instead of his number.  Way before my time but seemed beloved and respected by the old-time fans.

[Fafnir]

Might be the Celtic my Dad talks the most about other than Russell.

[Fafnir]

RIP to the only Celtic that managed to get his name retired instead of his number.  Way before my time but seemed beloved and respected by the old-time fans.

Yup, my Dad loved the stories about him.

[rollie mass]

long time ago,but i remember him chasing al attles out of the garden after attles snuck up behind clyde lovellette during a square off of centers-
but i can tell you that his thighs were huge,his shoulders and arms just naturally strong but this guy could coach fundamentals almost as well as rolli massimino -now rollie had a temper and talk about agitated but also complimentary on good plays but if lazy or ego driven bad shots or passes-he would contort ,jump around kick things and use the bench as a weapon(the far end)
had two summer camps with luscutoff-never raised his voice but boxing out was mandatory

[mgent]

R.I.P.

[Big333223]

He'll always be remembered in New England. RIP