page_title: Tom Kelly (basketball)
section_title: Professional basketball career
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Kelly (basketball) / Professional basketball career
caption_attribution_description: Tom Kelly, Boston Celtics, number 6
context_page_description: Thomas Edward Kelly was an American professional basketball player. After playing one season with the Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America, Kelly retired and became an engineer.
context_section_description: Kelly postponed his engineering career when he was drafted by the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and farmed out to the Hartford Hurricanes in their American Basketball League. After leading the league in scoring, he was recalled to the Celtics  and was high scorer in their victory over the Fort Wayne Pistons and labeled by the Boston sports media as a contender for "Rookie of the Year". He played 27 games in his one-season, 1948–1949, with the Celtics.
caption: Kelly with the Celtics.
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