'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 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 link
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Career stats @basketball-reference.com