Dick Garmaker

Dick Garmaker

Personal information
Born	(1932-10-29) October 29, 1932 Hibbing, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Hibbing (Hibbing, Minnesota)
College	Hibbing CC (1950–1952) Minnesota (1953–1955)
NBA draft	1955: Territorial
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career	1955–1961
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Number	16, 18, 17
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 first-team All-American (1955) No. 53 retired by the University of Minnesota
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 Garmaker (born October 29, 1932) is an American retired 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