Small Forward · Los Angeles Lakers
Connie Hawkins
Age 83 · USA · 203 cm (6'8") · 95 kg · Born Jul 17, 1942 · Iowa
16.5 PPG
8.0 RPG
4.5 APG
433 games
5 seasons
Career snapshot
5seasons
433games
7,134career pts
14.3PER (avg)
Most-played franchise:
Los Angeles Lakers
· 114 games · 1973-74–1974-75
Position rank · 1974-75
#12PPG rank
#8PER rank
#9WS rank
Among 20 Small Forward players (min. 41 games)
Career highs (single season)
PPG
24.6
1969-70 · —
RPG
10.4
1969-70 · —
APG
5.3
1973-74 · LAL
PER
15.5
1973-74 · LAL
WS
6.7
1973-74 · LAL
Honors & awards
6×
All-Star Selection
1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967
1×
All-NBA Team
1969
2×
All-ABA Team
1968, 1967
1×
ABA Most Valuable Player
1967
Stats by season
| Season | Team | G | GS | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG% | 3P% | FT% | PER | WS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-70 | NBA | 81 | 0 | 40.9 | 24.6 | 10.4 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.0 | 0.0 | 77.9 | — | — |
| 1971-72 | NBA | 76 | 0 | 36.8 | 21.0 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.9 | 0.0 | 80.7 | — | — |
| 1972-73 | NBA | 75 | 0 | 36.9 | 16.1 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.9 | 0.0 | 79.7 | — | — |
| 1973-74 | NBA | 8 | 0 | 27.9 | 11.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 48.6 | 0.0 | 66.7 | — | — |
| 1973-74 | NBA | 79 | 0 | 34.9 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 50.1 | 0.0 | 76.1 | — | — |
| 1973-74 | LAL | 71 | 0 | 35.7 | 12.8 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 50.2 | 0.0 | 77.2 | 15.5 | 6.7 |
| 1974-75 | LAL | 43 | 0 | 23.9 | 8.0 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 42.9 | 0.0 | 68.7 | 13.0 | 1.1 |
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Born on July 17
About Connie Hawkins
Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk" was to play basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes but was unjustly implicated in a point-shaving scandal that saw him kicked out of school as a freshman and essentially blackballed from the NBA. Hawkins found refuge with the Pittsburgh Rens of the American Basketball League, where he won the 1961 league MVP before the league folded. He played four years for the famed exhibition team Harlem Globetrotters before getting to play in the American Basketball Association with the