- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCornelius Lance Hawkins
- Nickname
- The Hawk
- Height6′ 8″ (2.03 m)
- Connie Hawkins was born on July 17, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979), The NBA on CBS (1973) and NBA Hardwood Classics (1992). He died on October 6, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Played for the American Basketball League's Pittsburgh Renaissance (1961-1962 until the league's demise in Dec. 1962), the Harlem Globetrotters (1963-1966), the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers (1967-1968 through 1968-1969); and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Phoenix Suns (1969-1970 through 1973-1974), Los Angeles Lakers (1973-1974 thru 1974-1975) and Atlanta Hawks (1975-1976).
- Professional basketball player.
- Played college basketball at the University of Iowa.
- In 1962, he and three other college basketball players were banned from playing in the NBA for life by then-NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff for associating with professional gambler Jack Molinas. Hawkins applied for reinstatement into the NBA in 1970 and was granted it by commissioner Walter Kennedy.
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