Tom Hawkins (basketball)

Thomas Jerome Hawkins (December 22, 1936 – August 16, 2017) was an American professional basketball player.

Tom Hawkins

Personal information
Born	(1936-12-22)December 22, 1936 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 16, 2017(2017-08-16) (aged 80) Malibu, California, U.S.
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
Drafted by	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
Consensus second-team All-American (1959) Second-team All-American – UPI, NABC (1958) Third-team All-American – AP (1958)
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

A 6-foot-5-inch (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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[1]

Hawkins died in his home in Malibu, California on August 16, 2017.^[3]

Career statistics

Legend

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^[2]

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
1969	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