Today in Boston Celtics history, in 1996, the storied ball club signed center Brett Leon Szabo to a new contract in free agency. A native of Postville, Iowa, Szabo excelled as a multi-sport athlete, playing golf and baseball in addition to basketball. He played his college ball for the Division II Augustana College Vikings in Sioux City, Iowa, where he earned All-North Central Conference (NCC) honors for two consecutive seasons 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 bounced around the Continental Basketball Association and overseas before landing a shot with the Celtics,
for whom he played just one season.
The center appeared 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 was 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.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Today in Boston Celtics history: Brett Szabo signs
