Tom Hawkins
Basketball Player
1936 –
Who is Tom Hawkins?
Thomas Jerome "Tom" Hawkins is a retired American professional basketball player.
A 6'5" forward, Hawkins starred at Chicago's Parker 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 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.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1936
Chicago - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Chicago
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on July 23, 2013
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