# Dennis Hamilton
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{{short description|American basketball player}}
{{For|the British journalist and newspaper executive|Denis Hamilton}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Dennis Hamilton
| image =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 210
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|5|8}}
| birth_place = [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|6|18|1944|5|8}}
| death_place = [Chandler, Arizona](/source/Chandler%2C_Arizona), U.S.
| high_school = [Huntington Beach](/source/Huntington_Beach_High_School)
(Huntington Beach, California)
| college = [Arizona State](/source/Arizona_State_Sun_Devils_men's_basketball) (1963–1966)
| draft_year = 1966
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_number = 52, 12, 4
| career_position = [Power forward](/source/Power_forward)
| years1 = {{nbay|1967|full=y}}
| team1 = [Los Angeles Lakers](/source/Los_Angeles_Lakers)
| years2 = {{nbay|1968|full=y}}
| team2 = [Atlanta Hawks](/source/Atlanta_Hawks)
| years3 = [1969–1970](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_ABA_season)
| team3 = [Pittsburgh Pipers](/source/Pittsburgh_Pipers)
| years4 = [1970–1971](/source/1970%E2%80%9371_ABA_season)
| team4 = [Kentucky Colonels](/source/Kentucky_Colonels)
| highlights =
* Second-team All-[WAC](/source/Western_Athletic_Conference) (1966)
}}
'''Dennis Eugene Hamilton''' (May 8, 1944 – June 18, 2012) was an American [basketball](/source/basketball) player. He played in the [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) (NBA) and [American Basketball Association](/source/American_Basketball_Association) (ABA) from 1967 to 1971.
Hamilton, a 6'8" [forward](/source/Forward_(basketball)) from [Huntington Beach High School](/source/Huntington_Beach_High_School) in [Huntington Beach, California](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California), played collegiately at the [Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_University) from 1963 to 1966. For his career, he scored 1,079 points (13.6 [per game](/source/Points_per_game)) and shot .813 from the [free throw](/source/free_throw) line. He was named second team All-[Western Athletic Conference](/source/Western_Athletic_Conference) in 1966.[{{cite web| title = Sun Devil Cager Great Dennis Hamilton Passes Away, Member of Sun Devil 1,000-Point Club| publisher = Arizona State University Athletics| year = 2012| url = http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/061912aad.html| accessdate = June 22, 2012| url-status=dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120902075138/http://www.thesundevils.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/061912aad.html| archivedate = September 2, 2012| df = }}]
Undrafted after the completion of his college career, Hamilton signed as a free agent with the [Los Angeles Lakers](/source/Los_Angeles_Lakers) for the [1967–68 NBA season](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_NBA_season). For the season he averaged 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game for a team that made it to the [1968 NBA Finals](/source/1968_NBA_Finals). Following the season, Hamilton was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the [1968 NBA expansion draft](/source/1968_NBA_expansion_draft), then traded to the [Atlanta Hawks](/source/Atlanta_Hawks) for the [1968–69 NBA season](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_NBA_season). Hamilton then played two years in the American Basketball Association, for the [Pittsburgh Pipers](/source/Pittsburgh_Pipers) and [Kentucky Colonels](/source/Kentucky_Colonels). For his NBA/ABA career he averaged 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
Hamilton died on June 18, 2012.[{{cite news |title= Former Laker Dennis Hamilton dies at 68
|author= Chuck Schilken|newspaper= Los Angeles Times |date= June 20, 2012|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-dennis-hamilton-20120620,0,785423.story |accessdate=June 22, 2012}}]
==Career statistics==
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
===NBA/ABA===
Source[{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hamilde01.html|title=Dennis Hamilton NBA & ABA stats|website=[Basketball Reference](/source/Basketball_Reference)|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=29 June 2024}}]
====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! 3P%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1967}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [L.A. Lakers](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season)
| 44 || 8.6 || .500 || || '''1.000''' || 1.6 || .7 || 2.8
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|1968}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [Atlanta](/source/1968%E2%80%9369_Atlanta_Hawks_season)
| 25 || 5.6 || '''.552''' || || .400 || 1.2 || .3 || 3.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{abay|1969}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [Pittsburgh](/source/1969%E2%80%9370_Pittsburgh_Pipers_season) (ABA)
| '''72''' || '''18.5''' || .507 || .000 || .760 || '''4.7''' || '''1.0''' || '''6.3'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| {{abay|1970}}
|style="text-align:left;"| [Kentucky](/source/1970%E2%80%9371_Kentucky_Colonels_season) (ABA)
| 3 || 3.7 || .500 || – || '''1.000''' || .3 || .3 || 1.0
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
| 69 || 7.5 || .520 || || .833 || 1.5 || .6 || 2.9
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
| 75 || 17.9 || .507 || .000 || .762 || 4.5 || 1.0 || 6.1
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall)
| 144 || 12.9 || .511 || .000 || .773 || 3.1 || .8 || 4.6
|}
====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [1968](/source/1968_NBA_playoffs)
| style="text-align:left;"| [L.A. Lakers](/source/1967%E2%80%9368_Los_Angeles_Lakers_season)
| 2 || 5.5 || .333 || – || 1.0 || .5 || 1.0
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hamilde01.html Career Stats]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Dennis}}
Category:1944 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball players
Category:Atlanta Hawks players
Category:Basketball players from Huntington Beach, California
Category:Huntington Beach High School alumni
Category:Kentucky Colonels players
Category:Los Angeles Lakers players
Category:Phoenix Suns expansion draft picks
Category:Pittsburgh Pipers players
Category:Power forwards
Category:Undrafted NBA players
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