Dan Swartz

{{Short description|American basketball player (1934–1997)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Dan Swartz

| image = Dan Swartz.jpg

| caption = Swartz with the Wichita Vickers.

| position = Power forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 215

| number = 12

| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|12|23}}

| birth_place = Owingsville, Kentucky, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|04|03|1934|12|23}}

| death_place =

| high_school = {{nowrap|Owingsville (Owingsville, Kentucky)}}

| college =

• Kentucky (1951–1952)
• Morehead State (1953–1956)

| draft_year = 1956

| draft_round = 4

| draft_pick = 29

| draft_team = Boston Celtics

| career_start = 1959

| career_end = 1963

| years1 = 1959–1960

| team1 = Wichita Vickers

| years2 = 1961

| team2 = Cleveland Pipers

| years3 = 1961–1962

| team3 = Philadelphia Tapers

| years4 = 1962

| team4 = Los Angeles Jets

| years5 = {{nbay|1962|full=y}}

| team5 = Boston Celtics

| highlights =

• NBA champion (1963)
• All-ABL First Team (1962)

|stats_league= NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 175 (4.5 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 88 (2.3 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 21 (0.5 apg)

| bbr = swartda01

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1959 Chicago |Team Competition }}

}}

Daniel S. Swartz (December 23, 1934 – April 3, 1997)Social Security Death Index[http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi] has 1931 birth year, [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/swartda01.html basketball-reference.com] has 1934 birth year. was an American basketball player born in Owingsville, Kentucky. He scored 2,088 points in his high school career{{Cite web |title=Dan Swartz |url=https://www.wildcatworld.com/player/dan-swartz/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Walter's Wildcat World |language=en-US}} and was just shy from breaking Wah Wah Jones’ national high school scoring record.

Starting off his career, Swartz played one season at the University of Kentucky before transferring home.{{Cite web |title=The Kentucky Kernel: 1952-06-20 |url=https://kentuckynewspapers.org/view.php?id=xt72ng4gng4n |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=kentuckynewspapers.org}} The {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|adj=on}} forward transferred to Morehead State University, Swartz played one season (1962-63) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics. He averaged 4.5 points per game and won an NBA Championship ring when the Celtics defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1963 NBA Finals.

When his basketball career came to an end he became the local county sheriff then later to be the field representative for U.S. Rep. Scotty Baesler. With his wife they had 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter. At the age of 65 from a sudden heart attack. In 1999, Morehead State University retired Swartz's jersey to be hung in the rafters.{{Cite web |title=Retired Jerseys |url=https://msueagles.com/sports/2012/6/14/GEN_0614124754 |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Morehead State University Athletics |language=en}}

Now his hometown of Owingsville honors him by hosting the "Dan Swartz Classic," a basketball tournament held at Bath County High School.