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On this day: former Boston Celtics big man Brett Szabo signs

On this day in 1996, the Boston Celtics signed big man Brett Szabo as an unrestricted free agent.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise signed big man Brett Leon Szabo in 1996. Szabo was a native of Postville, Iowa who was a multi-sport athlete playing golf and baseball on top of basketball. He played his college basketball with the Division II Augustana College Vikings of Sioux City, Iowa, where he won All-North Central Conference (NCC) honors two seasons in a row in 1989 and 1990.

Szabo went unselected in the 1991 NBA draft and ended up signing a camp deal with the Charlotte Hornets several years later in 1994 before being waived by that team several weeks later.

The Iowan would bounce around the Continental Basketball Association and overseas before landing a shot with the Celtics, for whom he would play one season.

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 43

Today’s installment focuses on the 14 players who wore No. 43 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the 14 players who wore No. 43 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: former Boston Celtics big man Brett Szabo signs

On this day in 1996, the Boston Celtics signed big man Brett Szabo as an unrestricted free agent.

On this day in 1996, former Boston Celtics big man Brett Szabo signed with the team as an unrestricted free agent.

Szabo — a native of Postville, Iowa — played his college basketball with the Division II Augustana College Vikings of Sioux City, Iowa, where he won All-North Central Conference (NCC) honors two seasons in a row in 1989 and 1990.

Szabo would go undrafted in the 1991 NBA Draft, and sign a camp deal with the Charlotte Hornets before being waived by that team. The Iowan would bounce around the Continental Basketball Association and overseas before landing a shot with the Celtics, for whom he would play one season.

The center would appear in 70 games for the franchise in the 1996-97 NBA season, putting up an average of 2.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in 9.5 minutes of playing time.

It would be both his first and last stop in the NBA, making one more camp deal with the Philadelphia 76ers the following fall, but did not make the team.

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