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Walter Szczerbiak Sr. was born on 21st August 1949 in Hamburg, West Germany. His family later moved to United States while he was still small and thus began his basketball career.

Walter went on to attend Saint Casimir High School where he began playing basketball furiously and then continued the same pa s sion while in George Washington University in 1967. He continued playing basketball in college till 1971. He then went on to announce that he was ready to be selected in the 1871 NBA Draft. He thus was picked in the 4th round as the 65th overall pick by the Phoenix Suns. He was also drafted in the 1971 ABA Draft by the Dallas Chaparrals. However, Walter did not go to play for Phoenix Suns or Dallas Chaparrals. Walter played also in the 1971-72 season as a member of the Pittsburgh Condors in the ABA.  He went on to join the Kentucky Colonels that selected him in the Condors dispersal draft but unfortunately was cut out from the Kentucky’s roster. Toggle share options!