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Harold Hairston

Height: 6-7 (201cm)

Weight: 225 lbs (102kg)

Born: May 31, 1942 (Passed away May 1, 2001, aged 58)

Hometown: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Nationality: United States

Current NBA Status: Unrestricted Free Agent

NBA Draft: 1964 Round 4, Pick 8, Cincinnati Royals

Pre-Draft Team: NYU (Sr)

High School: Erasmus Hall High School (Brooklyn, New York)

NBA Champion

Happy Hairston Player Profile

Date	Opponent	PTS
4/6/1975	Trail Blazers	17
4/4/1975	SuperSonics	11
4/2/1975	Suns	6
4/1/1975	Trail Blazers	9
3/30/1975	Suns	6

NBA Career
NCAA Career

NBA Career

11 Years Of Service

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1964-65	22	CIN	61	12.1	6.1	4.8	0.4	-	-	-	.373	-	.667
1965-66	23	CIN	72	24.9	14.1	7.6	0.6	-	-	-	.489	-	.685
1966-67	24	CIN	79	30.9	14.9	8.0	0.8	-	-	-	.479	-	.660
1967-68	25	CIN, DET	74	34.0	17.9	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	.487	-	.699
1968-69	26	DET	81	35.7	18.1	11.8	1.3	-	-	-	.469	-	.731
1969-70	27	LAL, DET	70	34.7	18.5	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	.496	-	.789
1970-71	28	LAL	80	36.5	18.6	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	.466	-	.782
1971-72	29	LAL	80	34.4	13.1	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	.461	-	.779
1972-73	30	LAL	28	33.5	16.3	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	.482	-	.787
1973-74	31	LAL	77	34.2	14.5	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	-	.507	-	.771
1974-75	32	LAL	74	30.9	10.3	12.8	2.3	0.7	0.1	-	.506	-	.801
CAREER			776	31.4	14.8	10.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	-	.478	-	.741

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1964-65	22	CIN	61	-	12.1	6.1	2.1	5.8	.373	-	-	-	1.8	2.7	.667	-	-	4.8	0.4	-	-	-	1.6
1965-66	23	CIN	72	-	24.9	14.1	5.5	11.3	.489	-	-	-	3.1	4.5	.685	-	-	7.6	0.6	-	-	-	3.0
1966-67	24	CIN	79	-	30.9	14.9	5.8	12.2	.479	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.660	-	-	8.0	0.8	-	-	-	3.5
1967-68 *	25	All Teams	74	-	34.0	17.9	6.5	13.3	.487	-	-	-	4.9	7.1	.699	-	-	8.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.7
1967-68 *	25	CIN	48	-	33.9	17.4	6.6	13.1	.503	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	.686	-	-	7.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.6
1967-68 *	25	DET	26	-	34.3	18.8	6.3	13.7	.459	-	-	-	6.2	8.7	.717	-	-	10.1	1.4	-	-	-	2.8
1968-69	26	DET	81	-	35.7	18.1	6.5	14.0	.469	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.731	-	-	11.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.1
1969-70 *	27	All Teams	70	-	34.7	18.5	6.9	13.9	.496	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.789	-	-	11.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.3
1969-70 *	27	LAL	55	-	39.0	20.6	7.7	15.8	.490	-	-	-	5.1	6.4	.803	-	-	12.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.5
1969-70 *	27	DET	15	-	18.8	10.6	3.8	6.9	.553	-	-	-	3.0	4.2	.714	-	-	5.9	0.7	-	-	-	2.4
1970-71	28	LAL	80	-	36.5	18.6	7.2	15.4	.466	-	-	-	4.2	5.4	.782	-	-	10.0	2.1	-	-	-	3.2
1971-72	29	LAL	80	-	34.4	13.1	4.6	10.0	.461	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.779	-	-	13.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.1
1972-73	30	LAL	28	-	33.5	16.3	5.6	11.7	.482	-	-	-	5.0	6.4	.787	-	-	13.2	2.4	-	-	-	2.8
1973-74	31	LAL	77	-	34.2	14.5	5.0	9.9	.507	-	-	-	4.5	5.8	.771	4.4	9.2	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	-	3.4
1974-75	32	LAL	74	-	30.9	10.3	3.7	7.2	.506	-	-	-	2.9	3.7	.801	4.1	8.7	12.8	2.3	0.7	0.1	-	2.9
CAREER			776	-	31.4	14.8	5.5	11.4	.478	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.741	4.2	8.9	10.3	1.6	0.8	0.2	-	3.0

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1964-65	22	CIN	61	-	736	372	131	351	.373	-	-	-	110	165	.667	-	-	293	27	-	-	-	95
1965-66	23	CIN	72	-	1,794	1,016	398	814	.489	-	-	-	220	321	.685	-	-	546	44	-	-	-	216
1966-67	24	CIN	79	-	2,442	1,174	461	962	.479	-	-	-	252	382	.660	-	-	631	62	-	-	-	273
1967-68 *	25	All Teams	74	-	2,517	1,327	481	987	.487	-	-	-	365	522	.699	-	-	617	95	-	-	-	199
1967-68 *	25	CIN	48	-	1,625	837	317	630	.503	-	-	-	203	296	.686	-	-	355	58	-	-	-	127
1967-68 *	25	DET	26	-	892	490	164	357	.459	-	-	-	162	226	.717	-	-	262	37	-	-	-	72
1968-69	26	DET	81	-	2,889	1,464	530	1,131	.469	-	-	-	404	553	.731	-	-	959	109	-	-	-	255
1969-70 *	27	All Teams	70	-	2,427	1,292	483	973	.496	-	-	-	326	413	.789	-	-	775	121	-	-	-	230
1969-70 *	27	LAL	55	-	2,145	1,133	426	870	.490	-	-	-	281	350	.803	-	-	687	110	-	-	-	194
1969-70 *	27	DET	15	-	282	159	57	103	.553	-	-	-	45	63	.714	-	-	88	11	-	-	-	36
1970-71	28	LAL	80	-	2,921	1,485	574	1,233	.466	-	-	-	337	431	.782	-	-	797	168	-	-	-	256
1971-72	29	LAL	80	-	2,748	1,047	368	798	.461	-	-	-	311	399	.779	-	-	1,045	193	-	-	-	251
1972-73	30	LAL	28	-	939	456	158	328	.482	-	-	-	140	178	.787	-	-	370	68	-	-	-	77
1973-74	31	LAL	77	-	2,634	1,113	385	759	.507	-	-	-	343	445	.771	335	705	1,040	208	64	17	-	264
1974-75	32	LAL	74	-	2,283	759	271	536	.506	-	-	-	217	271	.801	304	642	946	173	52	11	-	218
CAREER			776	-	24,330	11,505	4,240	8,872	.478	-	-	-	3,025	4,080	.741	639	1,347	8,019	1,268	116	28	-	2,334

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1964-65	22	CIN	61	-	.439	.373	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-	-	104.0	-	1.1	-	-	15.3
1965-66	23	CIN	72	-	.532	.489	-	-	-	3.4	-	-	-	-	117.4	-	1.2	-	-	18.3
1966-67	24	CIN	79	-	.519	.479	-	-	-	3.4	-	-	-	-	113.9	-	1.2	-	-	15.4
1967-68 *	25	All Teams	74	-	.545	.487	-	-	-	5.1	-	-	-	-	118.7	-	1.3	-	-	15.9
1967-68 *	25	CIN	48	-	.550	.503	-	-	-	4.9	-	-	-	-	118.9	-	1.3	-	-	15.9
1967-68 *	25	DET	26	-	.537	.459	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	-	117.6	-	1.4	-	-	18.6
1968-69	26	DET	81	-	.533	.469	-	-	-	5.2	-	-	-	-	119.9	-	1.3	-	-	17.7
1969-70 *	27	All Teams	70	-	.559	.496	-	-	-	6.9	-	-	-	-	128.6	-	1.3	-	-	18.4
1969-70 *	27	LAL	55	-	.553	.490	-	-	-	7.1	-	-	-	-	129.3	-	1.3	-	-	18.8
1969-70 *	27	DET	15	-	.608	.553	-	-	-	5.6	-	-	-	-	126.8	-	1.5	-	-	19.9
1970-71	28	LAL	80	-	.522	.466	-	-	-	7.7	-	-	-	-	124.7	-	1.2	-	-	17.7
1971-72	29	LAL	80	-	.538	.461	-	-	-	8.2	-	-	-	-	124.1	-	1.3	-	-	16.9
1972-73	30	LAL	28	-	.561	.482	-	-	-	9.3	-	-	-	-	126.8	-	1.4	-	-	21.3
1973-74	31	LAL	77	-	.583	.507	12.1	23.5	18.0	10.5	-	1.0	0.3	-	127.8	-	1.5	-	94.9	18.3
1974-75	32	LAL	74	-	.579	.506	12.8	26.7	19.8	10.2	-	1.0	0.2	-	130.6	-	1.4	-	97.0	16.2
CAREER			776	-	.539	.478	12.4	25.0	18.9	6.9	-	1.0	0.3	-	121.9	-	1.3	-	95.9	16.6

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1964-65	22	CIN	61	-	.045	-	-	0.5	37	24	.607	-0.1	0.5	0.4
1965-66	23	CIN	72	-	.122	-	-	0.4	43	29	.597	4.1	1.3	5.3
1966-67	24	CIN	79	-	.143	-	-	0.4	37	42	.468	3.7	1.4	5.1
1967-68 *	25	All Teams	74	-	.172	-	-	0.5	36	37	.493	5.5	1.0	6.5
1967-68 *	25	CIN	48	-	.102	-	-	0.5	24	23	.511	3.6	0.3	4.0
1967-68 *	25	DET	26	-	.054	-	-	0.6	12	14	.462	1.8	0.7	2.5
1968-69	26	DET	81	-	.177	-	-	0.5	32	49	.395	5.8	1.2	7.0
1969-70 *	27	All Teams	70	-	.194	-	-	0.4	40	30	.571	5.6	3.2	8.8
1969-70 *	27	LAL	55	-	.146	-	-	0.4	34	21	.618	4.6	3.1	7.7
1969-70 *	27	DET	15	-	.019	-	-	0.6	6	9	.400	1.0	0.2	1.1
1970-71	28	LAL	80	-	.198	-	-	0.3	47	33	.588	4.7	2.6	7.2
1971-72	29	LAL	80	-	.143	-	-	0.5	67	13	.838	3.9	5.3	9.2
1972-73	30	LAL	28	-	.060	-	-	0.5	24	4	.857	2.4	1.8	4.2
1973-74	31	LAL	77	-	.168	-	-	0.6	46	31	.597	5.6	3.7	9.3
1974-75	32	LAL	74	-	.130	-	-	0.5	26	48	.351	4.4	2.6	7.0
CAREER			776	-	.116	-	-	0.5	435	340	.561	34.5	20.4	54.7

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NBA Playoff Stats

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Per Game
Totals
Advanced
Misc

Season	Age	Team	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%
1964-65	22	CIN	3	13.0	4.0	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	.278	-	.667
1965-66	23	CIN	5	30.0	15.4	7.4	0.0	-	-	-	.403	-	.711
1966-67	24	CIN	4	35.0	16.0	6.8	1.5	-	-	-	.519	-	.533
1967-68	25	DET	6	24.8	11.7	6.2	1.2	-	-	-	.408	-	.600
1969-70	27	LAL	16	18.5	7.4	4.8	1.2	-	-	-	.435	-	.686
1970-71	28	LAL	12	39.3	17.0	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	.506	-	.760
1971-72	29	LAL	15	38.5	13.5	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	.440	-	.794
1972-73	30	LAL	3	8.7	2.7	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	.111	-	.750
1973-74	31	LAL	5	34.4	9.2	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	-	.417	-	.889
CAREER			69	29.3	11.6	8.1	1.8	1.0	0.2	-	.445	-	.733

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1964-65	22	CIN	3	-	13.0	4.0	1.7	6.0	.278	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667	-	-	6.7	1.0	-	-	-	0.7
1965-66	23	CIN	5	-	30.0	15.4	5.0	12.4	.403	-	-	-	5.4	7.6	.711	-	-	7.4	0.0	-	-	-	4.0
1966-67	24	CIN	4	-	35.0	16.0	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	2.0	3.8	.533	-	-	6.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.8
1967-68	25	DET	6	-	24.8	11.7	4.8	11.8	.408	-	-	-	2.0	3.3	.600	-	-	6.2	1.2	-	-	-	3.7
1969-70	27	LAL	16	-	18.5	7.4	2.9	6.8	.435	-	-	-	1.5	2.2	.686	-	-	4.8	1.2	-	-	-	1.9
1970-71	28	LAL	12	-	39.3	17.0	6.9	13.7	.506	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.760	-	-	9.1	2.8	-	-	-	3.4
1971-72	29	LAL	15	-	38.5	13.5	4.9	11.2	.440	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.794	-	-	13.1	2.1	-	-	-	2.9
1972-73	30	LAL	3	-	8.7	2.7	0.3	3.0	.111	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.750	-	-	1.3	0.3	-	-	-	0.7
1973-74	31	LAL	5	-	34.4	9.2	3.0	7.2	.417	-	-	-	3.2	3.6	.889	3.0	7.4	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	-	1.6
CAREER			69	-	29.3	11.6	4.4	10.0	.445	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.733	3.0	7.4	8.1	1.8	1.0	0.2	-	2.7

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFF	DEF	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1964-65	22	CIN	3	-	39	12	5	18	.278	-	-	-	2	3	.667	-	-	20	3	-	-	-	2
1965-66	23	CIN	5	-	150	77	25	62	.403	-	-	-	27	38	.711	-	-	37	0	-	-	-	20
1966-67	24	CIN	4	-	140	64	28	54	.519	-	-	-	8	15	.533	-	-	27	6	-	-	-	15
1967-68	25	DET	6	-	149	70	29	71	.408	-	-	-	12	20	.600	-	-	37	7	-	-	-	22
1969-70	27	LAL	16	-	296	118	47	108	.435	-	-	-	24	35	.686	-	-	76	20	-	-	-	31
1970-71	28	LAL	12	-	471	204	83	164	.506	-	-	-	38	50	.760	-	-	109	34	-	-	-	41
1971-72	29	LAL	15	-	577	202	74	168	.440	-	-	-	54	68	.794	-	-	197	31	-	-	-	44
1972-73	30	LAL	3	-	26	8	1	9	.111	-	-	-	6	8	.750	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	2
1973-74	31	LAL	5	-	172	46	15	36	.417	-	-	-	16	18	.889	15	37	52	19	5	1	-	8
CAREER			69	-	2,020	801	307	690	.445	-	-	-	187	255	.733	15	37	559	121	5	1	-	185

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	TS%	eFG%	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	TOV%	STL%	BLK%	USG%	Total S %	PPR	PPS	ORtg	DRtg	PER
1964-65	22	CIN	3	-	.311	.278	-	-	-	10.5	-	-	-	-	94.4	-	0.7	-	-	11.7
1965-66	23	CIN	5	-	.489	.403	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111.4	-	1.2	-	-	14.1
1966-67	24	CIN	4	-	.528	.519	-	-	-	5.8	-	-	-	-	105.2	-	1.2	-	-	14.2
1967-68	25	DET	6	-	.439	.408	-	-	-	6.6	-	-	-	-	100.8	-	1.0	-	-	12.5
1969-70	27	LAL	16	-	.478	.435	-	-	-	8.9	-	-	-	-	112.1	-	1.1	-	-	12.7
1970-71	28	LAL	12	-	.548	.506	-	-	-	11.0	-	-	-	-	126.6	-	1.2	-	-	16.6
1971-72	29	LAL	15	-	.510	.440	-	-	-	7.6	-	-	-	-	123.5	-	1.2	-	-	14.7
1972-73	30	LAL	3	-	.319	.111	-	-	-	4.7	-	-	-	-	86.1	-	0.9	-	-	4.5
1973-74	31	LAL	5	-	.524	.417	7.5	22.6	14.3	16.3	-	1.4	0.3	-	130.6	-	1.3	-	100.7	15.2
CAREER			69	-	.499	.445	7.5	22.6	14.3	8.4	-	1.4	0.3	-	117.8	-	1.2	-	100.7	13.9

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	HOB	Ast/TO	Stl/TO	FT/FGA	W's	L's	Win %	OWS	DWS	WS
1964-65	22	CIN	3	-	.047	-	-	0.2	1	2	.333	-0.1	-	-0.1
1965-66	23	CIN	5	-	.128	-	-	0.6	2	3	.400	0.1	-	0.2
1966-67	24	CIN	4	-	.189	-	-	0.3	1	3	.250	0.3	-0.1	0.2
1967-68	25	DET	6	-	.138	-	-	0.3	2	4	.333	-0.1	0.2	0.1
1969-70	27	LAL	16	-	.083	-	-	0.3	10	6	.625	0.1	0.2	0.4
1970-71	28	LAL	12	-	.245	-	-	0.3	5	7	.417	1.1	0.2	1.3
1971-72	29	LAL	15	-	.173	-	-	0.4	12	3	.800	0.6	1.2	1.8
1972-73	30	LAL	3	-	.003	-	-	0.9	1	2	.333	-0.1	-	-0.1
1973-74	31	LAL	5	-	.185	-	-	0.5	1	4	.200	0.2	0.1	0.3
CAREER			69	-	.119	-	-	0.4	35	34	.507	2.1	1.4	3.6

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NBA Transactions

Date	Transaction
May 4, 1964	The Cincinnati Royals selected Happy Hairston in Round 4 with Pick 8 in the 1964 NBA Draft.
Sep 1, 1964	Happy Hairston signed a multi-year contract with the Cincinnati Royals.
Feb 1, 1968	Happy Hairston was acquired by the Detroit Pistons from the Cincinnati Royals in a trade.
Nov 27, 1969	Happy Hairston was acquired by the Los Angeles Lakers from the Detroit Pistons in a trade.
Oct 21, 1975	The Los Angeles Lakers placed the contract of Happy Hairston on waivers.
Oct 23, 1975	Happy Hairston, previously with the Los Angeles Lakers, became a free agent.
May 1, 2001	Happy Hairston passed away. He was 58 years old at the time of his death.

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NBA Awards & Honors

Award	Date
1x NBA Champion	1972

NCAA Career

College: NYU (1964)

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