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Power Forward · Los Angeles Lakers

Happy Hairston

Age 83 · USA · 201 cm (6'7") · 102 kg · Born May 31, 1942 · NYU

15.1 PPG 10.5 RPG 1.6 APG 761 games 9 seasons
Happy Hairston

Career snapshot

9seasons
761games
11,472career pts
17.7PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Los Angeles Lakers · 314 games · 1969-70–1974-75

Position rank · 1974-75

#7PPG rank
#3PER rank
#2WS rank
Among 20 Power Forward players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 20.6 1969-70 · LAL
RPG 13.5 1973-74 · LAL
APG 2.7 1973-74 · LAL
PER 20.0 1972-73 · LAL
WS 9.3 1973-74 · LAL

Draft

1964
Round 4 · Pick 35
by Sacramento Kings
from NYU

Career by team

Los Angeles Lakers
1969-70 – 1974-75 · 5 seasons
14.4 PPG 13.0 RPG 2.4 APG
314 games
Detroit Pistons
1967-68 – 1969-70 · 3 seasons
17.3 PPG 10.7 RPG 1.2 APG
122 games
Sacramento Kings
1964-65 – 1967-68 · 3 seasons
12.3 PPG 6.6 RPG 0.7 APG
181 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
1964-65 SAC 61 0 12.1 6.1 4.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 37.3 0.0 66.7 — —
1965-66 SAC 72 0 24.9 14.1 7.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 48.9 0.0 68.5 — —
1967-68 NBA 74 0 34.0 17.9 8.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 48.7 0.0 69.9 — —
1967-68 SAC 48 0 33.9 17.4 7.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 50.3 0.0 68.6 — —
1967-68 DET 26 0 34.3 18.8 10.1 1.4 0.0 0.0 45.9 0.0 71.7 17.3 2.5
1968-69 DET 81 0 35.7 18.1 11.8 1.3 0.0 0.0 46.9 0.0 73.1 17.2 7.0
1969-70 NBA 70 0 34.7 18.5 11.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 49.6 0.0 78.9 — —
1969-70 LAL 55 0 39.0 20.6 12.5 2.0 0.0 0.0 49.0 0.0 80.3 18.3 7.7
1969-70 DET 15 0 18.8 10.6 5.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 55.3 0.0 71.4 19.5 1.1
1971-72 LAL 80 0 34.4 13.1 13.1 2.4 0.0 0.0 46.1 0.0 77.9 15.7 9.2
1972-73 LAL 28 0 33.5 16.3 13.2 2.4 0.0 0.0 48.2 0.0 78.7 20.0 4.2
1973-74 LAL 77 0 34.2 14.5 13.5 2.7 0.8 0.2 50.7 0.0 77.1 17.2 9.3
1974-75 LAL 74 0 30.9 10.3 12.8 2.3 0.7 0.1 50.6 0.0 80.1 16.2 7.0

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Oct 1969 Los Angeles Lakers Detroit Pistons mid season trade From 1969-70 to 1969-70
Jul 1969 Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers season change
Jul 1968 Sacramento Kings Detroit Pistons season change

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Born on May 31

Bob Evans 1925 Bob Ferry 1937 · Detroit Pistons Ron Bonham 1942 · Boston Celtics Isaiah Wilson 1948 · Detroit Pistons Billyray Bates 1956 · Portland Trail Blazers Duane Causwell 1968 · Sacramento Kings Keith Owens 1969 · Los Angeles Lakers Matt Harpring 1976 · Utah Jazz

About Happy Hairston

Harold "Happy" Hairston was an American professional basketball player. A 6-foot-7-inch (201 cm), 225-pound (102 kg) forward, he was best remembered for playing with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and he also played for the Cincinnati Royals and the Detroit Pistons. Hairston was a member of the NBA champion 1971–72 Lakers; that team won 33 games in a row, a record not duplicated in any other American professional sport.