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Dick Garmaker
Position: Guard/Forward
Full Name: Richard Eugene Garmaker
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Born: October 29, 1932 in Hibbing, Minnesota
Height: 6-3
Weight: 200
High School: Hibbing in Hibbing, Minnesota
Junior College: Hibbing CC
College: University of Minnesota
Drafted: 9th Round, 8th Pick - Minneapolis Lakers, 1954 and 1st Round, 6th Pick - Minneapolis Lakers, 1955
Jersey#: 16
Played for the Lakers from 1955 to 1960
Garmaker was a 1955 consensus All-America 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.
Regular Season Stats
| YEAR | TEAM | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | MIE | 68 | 870 | 138 | 373 | .370 | 112 | 139 | .806 | 0 | 0 | - | 132 | 1.9 | 104 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | MIE | 72 | 2406 | 406 | 1015 | .400 | 365 | 435 | .839 | 0 | 0 | - | 336 | 4.7 | 190 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1177 | 16.3 |
| 1958 | MIE | 68 | 2216 | 390 | 988 | .395 | 314 | 411 | .764 | 0 | 0 | - | 365 | 5.4 | 183 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1094 | 16.1 |
| 1959 | MIE | 72 | 2493 | 350 | 885 | .395 | 284 | 368 | .772 | 0 | 0 | - | 325 | 4.5 | 211 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 984 | 13.7 |
| 1960 | MIE | 70 | 1932 | 323 | 815 | .396 | 203 | 263 | .772 | 0 | 0 | - | 313 | 4.5 | 206 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 849 | 12.1 |
| 1961 | NYK | 71 | 2238 | 415 | 943 | .440 | 275 | 358 | .768 | 0 | 0 | - | 277 | 3.9 | 220 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1105 | 15.6 |
| CAREER | 421 | 12155 | 2022 | 5019 | .403 | 1553 | 1974 | .787 | 0 | 0 | - | 1748 | 4.2 | 1114 | 1168 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5597 | 13.3 | |
Playoff Stats
| YEAR | TEAM | G | MIN | FGM | FGA | PCT | FTM | FTA | PCT | 3PM | 3PA | PCT | REB | RPG | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | MIE | 3 | 42 | 7 | 19 | .368 | 16 | 17 | .941 | 0 | 0 | - | 8 | 2.7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 |
| 1957 | MIE | 5 | 187 | 19 | 69 | .275 | 27 | 32 | .844 | 0 | 0 | - | 35 | 7.0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 13.0 |
| 1959 | MIE | 13 | 439 | 70 | 165 | .424 | 49 | 63 | .778 | 0 | 0 | - | 55 | 4.2 | 39 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 14.5 |
| CAREER | 21 | 668 | 96 | 253 | .379 | 92 | 112 | .821 | 0 | 0 | - | 98 | 4.7 | 67 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 13.5 | |
