On this day in Boston Celtics history, small forward Tony Dawson was born in 1967 in Kinston, North Carolina. A brother of fellow NBAer Jerry Stackhouse, Dawson played his collegiate basketball at Florida Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University.
After going unselected in the 1989 NBA draft, the former Seminole played overseas for several clubs as well as a few in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA – the equivalent of the G League in that era). He also had a short stint with the Sacramento Kings before he joined the Celtics in 1995.
Dawson played two games with Boston on a pair of 10-day deals before moving on to play overseas again. He averaged 4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in his very short time with the team.