Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi kuma ya girma a Toledo, Ohio, Szymanski ya kammala karatunsa daga makarantar sakandaren Libbey, 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 buga wasanni uku na gasar zakarun NFL (1958, 1959
, 1968).