Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi kuma ya girma a Toledo, Ohio, Szymanski ya kammala karatunsa daga Libbey High School, sannan ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a Jami'ar Notre Dame. Shi ne na goma sha shida da aka zaba a cikin 1955 NFL Draft, wanda Colts ya dauka a zagaye na biyu. Ya rasa kakar 1956 saboda aikin soja, kuma ya taka leda a kungiyoyin zakarun NFL guda uku (1958,
1959, 1968) ya yi nasara.