Brett Szabo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1968 Postville, Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Postville (Postville, Iowa) |
| College | Augustana (South Dakota)(1987–1991) |
| NBA draft | 1991:undrafted |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 43 |
| Career history | |
| 1996–1997 | Boston Celtics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Statsat NBA.com | |
| Statsat Basketball-Reference.com | |
Brett Leon Szabo(bornFebruary 1, 1968 inPostville, Iowa) is a retiredAmericanprofessionalbasketballplayer.
Career
[edit]Szabo graduated from Postville High School, where he had played basketball, baseball and golf, in 1986. He was inducted into Postville’s Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
A 6'11 "center,Szabo played for theNCAADivision II'sAugustana College VikingsinSouth Dakota,amassing 1,520 points, 802 rebounds and 185 blocks. He was presented with All-North Central Conference honors in 1989 and 1990. Szabo was inducted into the Augustana Vikings' Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]
He went undrafted in the 1991 NBA draft and later joined theCharlotte Hornets'training camp, before being waived.[3]He played one season for theNational Basketball Association'sBoston Celtics(1996–97),[4]playing 70 games while averaging 2.2 points and 2.4 rebounds. In the fall of 1997, he made the training camp of thePhiladelphia 76ers,but was waived before season start.[3]
CBA
[edit]Additionally, he played four seasons with as many teams in theContinental Basketball Association(mostly with theSioux Falls Skyforce). His best CBA season came in 1994-95, when he averaged 5.6 points and 5.5 rebounds in 27 games for theHarrisburg Hammerheads.[5]
Overseas
[edit]Szabo had stints inKilsyth,Australia(in 1991),[6]Germany(TG Renesas Landshut in 1995-96),[7]Belgium(Castors Braine in 1997-98)[8]andSlovakia(BC Slovakofarma Pezinok from 1998 to 2000).[9]He retired in 2000. Suffering fromdouble vision,Szabo wore corrective glasses during games.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"Brett Szabo is Awarded Membership Into Postville's Hall of Fame".Postville Community School District.June 20, 2005.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Brett Szabo (2002) - Hall of Fame".Augustana University Athletics.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^ab"On this day: former Boston Celtics big man Brett Szabo signs".Celtics Wire.October 8, 2020.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Brett Szabo Stats".
- ^"Brett Szabo minor league basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com".www.statscrew.com.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Brett Szabo - Player Statistics".GameDay.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Team von TG Hitachi Landshut".March 29, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon March 29, 2004.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Pepinster vs Castors Braine".This Is Basketball.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"Brett Leon Szabo | Saporta Cup (1999) | FIBA Europe".www.fibaeurope.com.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
- ^"What the Hell Happened to...Brett Szabo?".www.celticslife.com.August 16, 2011.Archivedfrom the original on October 2, 2011.RetrievedJuly 21,2021.
External links
[edit]- NBA stats@ Basketball-Reference
- Basketpedya career data[permanent dead link]
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Belgium
- American expatriate basketball people in Germany
- American expatriate basketball people in Slovakia
- Augustana (South Dakota) Vikings men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Iowa
- Boston Celtics players
- Centers (basketball)
- People from Postville, Iowa
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (CBA) players
- Undrafted NBA players
- American men's basketball players
- American basketball biography, 1960s birth stubs