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Dan Swartz No. 12 Power forward Personal information Date of birth December 23, 1934 Place of birth Owingsville, Kentucky Nationality American Date of death April 3, 1997 (aged 62)Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Listed weight 215 lb (98 kg) Career information College Morehead State NBA Draft 1956 / Round: 4 / Pick: 30th overall Selected by the Boston Celtics Pro career 1959–1963 Career history 1959–1960 Wichita Vickers (NIBL) 1961 Cleveland Pipers (ABL) 1961–1962 Philadelphia Tapers (ABL) 1962 Los Angeles Jets (ABL) 1962–1963 Boston Celtics Career highlights and awards Career NBA statistics Points 175 (4.5 ppg) Rebounds 88 (2.3 rpg) Assists 21 (0.5 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com MedalsCompetitor for United States Men's basketball Pan American Games Gold 1959 Chicago Team Competition Daniel S. Swartz (December 23, 1934 or 1931 – April 3, 1997)[1] was an American basketball player born in Owingsville, Kentucky.
A 6'4" (1.93 m) forward from Morehead State University, Swartz played one season (1962-63) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics. He averaged 4.5 points per game and won an NBA Championship ring when the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1963 NBA Finals.
References
- ^ Social Security Death Index[1] has 1931 birth year, basketball-reference.com has 1934 birth year.
External links
- Dan Swartz at Basketball-Reference.com
1959 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Jack Adams • Don Boldebuck • Dick Boushka • Burdie Haldorson • Les Lane • Adrian Smith • Jack Sullivan • Dan Swartz • Gary Thompson • Ron Tomsic
1961 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Jack Adams • Tony Jackson • Les Lane • Tom Meschery • Mike Moran • Paul Neumann • Dan Swartz • Roger Taylor • Horace Walker • Ben Warley
Boston Celtics 1962–63 NBA Champions 4 Clyde Lovellette | 6 Bill Russell | 12 Dan Swartz | 14 Bob Cousy | 15 Tom Heinsohn | 16 Satch Sanders | 17 John Havlicek | 18 Jim Loscutoff | 20 Gene Guarilia | 23 Frank Ramsey | 24 Sam Jones |
25 K. C. Jones
Head coach Red AuerbachCategories:- 1930s births
- 1997 deaths
- Amateur Athletic Union men's basketball players
- American basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Boston Celtics players
- Boston Celtics draft picks
- Morehead State Eagles men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs
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