Dick Garmaker

Dick Garmaker

No. 16, 18, 17
Guard / Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth	October 29, 1932 (1932-10-29) (age 79)
Place of birth	Hibbing, Minnesota
Nationality	American
High school	Hibbing
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College	Minnesota
NBA Draft	1955 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Pro career	1955–1961
League	NBA
Career history
1955–1960	Minneapolis Lakers
1960–1961	New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
4× NBA All-Star (1957–1960) All-NBA Second Team (1957) Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1955)
Career NBA statistics
Points	5,597 (13.3 ppg)
Rebounds	1,748 (4.2 rpg)
Assists	1,114 (2.6 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Richard Eugene "Dick" Garmaker (born October 29, 1932 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is a retired American basketball player who played professionally in the NBA from 1955 to 1961.

Garmaker was a 6'3" guard/forward from the University of Minnesota. He was a 1955 consensus All-America for the Golden Gophers, along with Sihugo Green (Duquesne), Tom Gola (LaSalle), Bill Russell (San Francisco) and Dick Ricketts (Duquesne). He was drafted by the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers twice (in 1954 and again in 1955) and joined the team for the 1955-56 NBA season. In his four-and-a-half seasons with the Lakers, Garmaker appeared as an NBA All-Star four times. He had his finest season in 1956-57, in which he ranked tenth in the league in points per game (16.3) and earned a spot on the All-NBA second team. In 1960, he was traded to the New York Knicks for Ray Felix and a draft pick, and he retired with the Knicks in 1961, having scored 5,597 career points.

External links

• Career stats @basketball-reference.com

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Name	Garmaker, Dick
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Date of birth	October 29, 1932
Place of birth	Hibbing, Minnesota
Date of death
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