Knickerbocker going to Boston – Celtics
In the 1920s more than 300 years after the Knickerbocker cartoon, the logo was still sticking and was being used by a successful franchise named the New York Celtics. In 1946 Team owner Walter Brown was choosing his new Boston teams name.
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He decided from options like Whirlwinds, Olympians, and Unicorns, and despite the name Unicorns being one of the alternatives, Brown’s publicity staff reportedly advised him that “that no team with an Irish name has ever won a damn thing in the city of Boston” Walter stood by the Name Celtics citing the winning tradition of the nickname. Now Knickerbocker is soon to hit 500 years old, and he hasn’t aged one bit!