On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Lou Tsioropoulos was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1930.
Tsioropoulos played his college basketball with the University of Kentucky, where he was involved in a point-shaving scandal with future Celtics teammate Frank Ramsey and Cliff Hagan.
The scandal didn’t deter Boston from drafting not only Tsioropoulos but Ramsey and Hagan as well in the 1953 NBA draft. After the trio completed their final season with Kentucky (they were eligible for the draft because the three had graduated, but they returned to play one more season with UK), Tsioropoulos joined the Air Force and joined the team afterward in 1956.
The Lynn native played three seasons for the Celtics, winning a championship in two of them (1957 and 1959), averaging 5.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game in his time with Boston.