Tom Hawkins (basketball)
Personal information | |
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Born |
December 22, 1936 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | August 16, 2017 (aged 80) Malibu, California |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Parker (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Notre Dame (1956–1959) |
NBA draft | 1959: 1st round, 3rd overall pick |
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers | |
Playing career | 1959–1969 |
Position | Small forward |
Number | 20, 19, 33 |
Career history | |
1959–1962 | Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers |
1962–1966 | Cincinnati Royals |
1966–1969 | Los Angeles Lakers |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 6,672 (8.7 ppg) |
Rebounds | 4,607 (6.7 rpg) |
Assists | 871 (1.1 apg) |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Thomas Jerome Hawkins (December 22, 1936 – August 16, 2017) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'5" (1.96 m) forward, Hawkins starred at Chicago's Parker (now Robeson) High School before playing at the University of Notre Dame, where he became the school's first African-American basketball star. He was then selected by the Minneapolis (later Los Angeles) Lakers in the first round of the 1959 NBA draft, and he would have a productive ten-year career in the league, playing for the Lakers as well as the Cincinnati Royals as he registered 6,672 career points and 4,607 career rebounds.
Hawkins later worked in radio and television broadcasting in Los Angeles and served as vice president of communications for the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.
Hawkins died in his home in Malibu, California on August 16, 2017.
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
* | Led the league |
NBA
Source
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1959–60 | Minneapolis | 69 | 21.3 | .380 | .646 | 6.2 | .8 | 7.9 |
1960–61 | L.A. Lakers | 78 | 23.7 | .431 | .596 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
1961–62 | L.A. Lakers | 79 | 24.1 | .411 | .644 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 9.1 |
1962–63 | Cincinnati | 79 | 21.8 | .471 | .610 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 9.4 |
1963–64 | Cincinnati | 73 | 24.2 | .441 | .601 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 8.6 |
1964–65 | Cincinnati | 79 | 23.6 | .409 | .569 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
1965–66 | Cincinnati | 79 | 26.9 | .452 | .555 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
1966–67 | L.A. Lakers | 76 | 23.7 | .481 | .474 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
1967–68 | L.A. Lakers | 78 | 31.6 | .499 | .546 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 11.6 |
1968–69 | L.A. Lakers | 74 | 20.4 | .499 | .411 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
Career | 764 | 24.2 | .447 | .570 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 8.7 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | Minneapolis | 8 | 14.9 | .489 | .833 | 2.6 | .4 | 7.4 |
1961 | L.A. Lakers | 12* | 23.6 | .466 | .660 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 11.6 |
1962 | L.A. Lakers | 13 | 15.6 | .361 | .417 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
1963 | Cincinnati | 12 | 22.0 | .505 | .723 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 10.5 |
1964 | Cincinnati | 10 | 27.3 | .443 | .682 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 10.1 |
1965 | Cincinnati | 4 | 23.8 | .515 | .800 | 7.0 | .3 | 9.5 |
1966 | Cincinnati | 5 | 21.8 | .458 | .167 | 4.4 | .2 | 4.6 |
1967 | L.A. Lakers | 3 | 31.7 | .419 | .500 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 10.0 |
1968 | Los Angeles | 15 | 31.9 | .457 | .600 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
1960 | L.A. Lakers | 14 | 12.9 | .480 | .389 | 2.9 | .5 | 3.9 |
Career | 96 | 21.9 | .459 | .617 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 8.0 |