On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Daniel S. Swartz was born in Owingsville, Kentucky way back in 1934. Swartz began his collegiate basketball career playing for the University of Kentucky Wildcats, but would later transfer to Morehead State University in his sophomore season.
He was selected by the Celtics with the 11th overall pick of the same draft (1956) in which Boston also drafted stars Bill Russell and K.C. Jones, but did not play for the team until the 1962-63 NBA season five years later. In the interim, Swartz played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball with the Wichita Vipers, Cleveland Pipers, and Philadelphia Tapers.
Swartz also played in the American Basketball League’s (ABL – a short-lived competitor of the NBA) Los Angeles Jets before joining Boston.