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Connie Hawkins

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American basketball player (1942-2017)

United StatesBasketball PlayersLived 1942 to 2017 · aged 75
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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.

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Hawkins in 1962Hawkins in 1962Hawkins in 1969, with his attorney, Roz Litman, celebrating the settlement of his antitrust case against the NBAHawkins in 1969, with his attorney, Roz Litman, celebrating the settlement of his antitrust case against the NBAHawkins as a member of the Los Angeles LakersHawkins as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers

Teams 5

Pittsburgh Rens
Harlem Globetrotters
Atlanta Hawks
Los Angeles Lakers
Phoenix Suns

Awards 2

1992Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
1970All-NBA Team

Connected to Connie 6

Sidney MoncriefAlso won All-NBA TeamChick HearnAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameKim MulkeyAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of FameGene ShueAlso won All-NBA TeamPaul ArizinAlso won All-NBA TeamMel DanielsAlso won Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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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 Pittsburgh Pipers in 1967. He won the first league MVP award by averaging 26.8 points and led the team to the ABA championship.

Country
United States
Category
Basketball Players
Type
Basketball Player
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1942 to 2017 · aged 75
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