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Shooting Guard · Los Angeles Lakers

Dick Garmaker

Age 93 · USA · 191 cm (6'3") · 91 kg · Born Oct 29, 1932 · Hibbing Community College, Minnesota

12.7 PPG 4.3 RPG 2.6 APG 420 games 5 seasons
Dick Garmaker

Career snapshot

5seasons
420games
5,339career pts
14.2PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Los Angeles Lakers · 324 games · 1955-56–1959-60

Position rank · 1959-60

#4PPG rank
#7PER rank
#7WS rank
Among 12 Shooting Guard players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 16.3 1956-57 · LAL
RPG 5.4 1957-58 · LAL
APG 3.0 1959-60 · LAL
PER 14.2 1959-60 · NYK
WS 1.7 1959-60 · NYK

Draft

1955
Round 1 · Pick 6
by Los Angeles Lakers
from Hibbing Community College, Minnesota

Honors & awards

4×
All-Star Selection
1959, 1958, 1957, 1956
1×
All-NBA Team
1956

Career by team

Los Angeles Lakers
1955-56 – 1959-60 · 5 seasons
12.8 PPG 4.2 RPG 2.5 APG
324 games
New York Knicks
1959-60 – 1959-60 · 1 seasons
12.9 PPG 4.8 RPG 2.8 APG
26 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1955-56 LAL 68 0 12.8 5.7 1.9 1.5 0.0 0.0 37.0 0.0 80.6 — —
1956-57 LAL 72 0 33.4 16.3 4.7 2.6 0.0 0.0 40.0 0.0 83.9 — —
1957-58 LAL 68 0 32.6 16.1 5.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 39.5 0.0 76.4 — —
1958-59 LAL 72 0 34.6 13.7 4.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.5 0.0 77.2 — —
1959-60 NBA 70 0 27.6 12.1 4.5 2.9 0.0 0.0 39.6 0.0 77.2 — —
1959-60 LAL 44 0 27.0 11.7 4.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 37.7 0.0 71.8 — —
1959-60 NYK 26 0 28.7 12.9 4.8 2.8 0.0 0.0 43.1 0.0 86.0 14.2 1.7

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move
Jul 1959 Los Angeles Lakers New York Knicks

All entries are season change.

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Born on October 29

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About Dick Garmaker

Richard Eugene Garmaker was an American basketball player who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1961.