RIP Lou Tsioropoulos

[greece66]

Louis Charles "Lou" Tsioropoulos (August 31, 1930 – August 22, 2015) was a Greek-American professional basketball player who played for the NBA's Boston Celtics for three seasons from 1956-1959. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Statement from the Boston Celtics:

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics organization is saddened to hear of the passing of Lou Tsioropoulos on Saturday, Aug. 22. Lou had a special connection to the Celtics family both as a hometown hero as well as being a part of the organization’s first two championships. Our thoughts are with Lou’s family.

Statement from Tommy (Lou was Tommy's substitution):

Lou Tsioropoulos was my roommate and a member of the first Celtics championship team. He was a prototype for the sixth man that was developed over the years. He was a fun guy and probably would have had a longer career as a Celtic if it wasn’t for injuries. My heart goes out to Lou’s family and he will be missed.

Lou died two weeks ago. I asked the people who run the blog to make an official post but there was no reply. No hard feelings, I understand they are super busy.

Still, it is a shame Lou's death went unnoticed by the community.

A fellow Celtic, Aristidis Tsatsos, sent me all the photos he could find online.

I post them here in memoriam.

[hwangjini_1]

RIP and many thanks to Lou for his contributions to the early celtics. sorry to see him pass on.

thanks for the thread g666. a tp for the kind thoughts and good thread.

[Forza Juventus]

It's always great to learn about the history of the Celtics. RIP Lou.

[ahonui06]

RIP

[Redz]

Louis Charles "Lou" Tsioropoulos (August 31, 1930 – August 22, 2015) was a Greek-American professional basketball player who played for the NBA's Boston Celtics for three seasons from 1956-1959. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Statement from the Boston Celtics:

BOSTON - The Boston Celtics organization is saddened to hear of the passing of Lou Tsioropoulos on Saturday, Aug. 22. Lou had a special connection to the Celtics family both as a hometown hero as well as being a part of the organization’s first two championships. Our thoughts are with Lou’s family.

Statement from Tommy (Lou was Tommy's substitution):

Lou Tsioropoulos was my roommate and a member of the first Celtics championship team. He was a prototype for the sixth man that was developed over the years. He was a fun guy and probably would have had a longer career as a Celtic if it wasn’t for injuries. My heart goes out to Lou’s family and he will be missed.

Lou died two weeks ago. I asked the people who run the blog to make an official post but there was no reply. No hard feelings, I understand they are super busy.

Still, it is a shame Lou's death went unnoticed by the community.

A fellow Celtic, Aristidis Tsatsos, sent me all the photos he could find online.

I post them here in memoriam.

thanks for posting

I'd never heard of him, though I'm my father remembers him.