Happy Hairston

Harold Hairston , "Happy, Hap, Super-Sub"
Born: May 31, 1942
Winston-Salem, NC USA
Deceased: May 1, 2001
Position: F
High School: Erasmus Hall / Linbloom / Atkins
College: NYU
Drafted: 1964, Round 4 Pick 8, #33 Overall
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 225
Career: 1964-65-1974-75

Happy Hairston averaged 14.8 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in his 776-game career with the Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers. He began playing during the 1964-65 season and last took the court during the 1974-75 campaign.

Cincinnati Royals

Detroit Pistons

Los Angeles Lakers

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
1964-65	Cincinnati Royals	61	736	351	131			165	110	0	0	293	27	0	0	95	372
1965-66	Cincinnati Royals	72	1794	814	398			321	220	0	0	546	44	0	0	216	1016
1966-67	Cincinnati Royals	79	2442	962	461			382	252	0	0	631	62	0	0	273	1174
1967-68	Cincinnati Royals	48	1625	630	317			296	203	0	0	355	58	0	0	127	837
1967-68	Detroit Pistons	26	892	357	164			226	162	0	0	262	37	0	0	72	490
1968-69	Detroit Pistons	81	2889	1131	530			553	404	0	0	959	109	0	0	255	1464
1969-70	Detroit Pistons	15	282	103	57			63	45	0	0	88	11	0	0	36	159
1969-70	Los Angeles Lakers	55	2145	870	426			350	281	0	0	687	110	0	0	194	1133
1970-71	Los Angeles Lakers	80	2921	1233	574			431	337	0	0	797	168	0	0	256	1485
1971-72	Los Angeles Lakers	80	2748	798	368			399	311	0	0	1045	193	0	0	251	1047
1972-73	Los Angeles Lakers	28	939	328	158			178	140	0	0	370	68	0	0	77	456
1973-74	Los Angeles Lakers	77	2634	759	385			445	343	335	705	1040	208	64	17	264	1113
1974-75	Los Angeles Lakers	74	2283	536	271			271	217	304	642	946	173	52	11	218	759
Totals		776	24330	8872	4240	0	0	4080	3025	639	1347	8019	1268	116	28	2334	11505

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
1964-65	Cincinnati Royals	61	12.1	37.3	66.7	0.0	0.0	4.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.6	6.1
1965-66	Cincinnati Royals	72	24.9	48.9	68.5	0.0	0.0	7.6	0.6	0.0	0.0	3.0	14.1
1966-67	Cincinnati Royals	79	30.9	47.9	66.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	3.5	14.9
1967-68	Cincinnati Royals	48	33.9	50.3	68.6	0.0	0.0	7.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	2.6	17.4
1967-68	Detroit Pistons	26	34.3	45.9	71.7	0.0	0.0	10.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	2.8	18.8
1968-69	Detroit Pistons	81	35.7	46.9	73.1	0.0	0.0	11.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	3.1	18.1
1969-70	Detroit Pistons	15	18.8	55.3	71.4	0.0	0.0	5.9	0.7	0.0	0.0	2.4	10.6
1969-70	Los Angeles Lakers	55	39.0	49.0	80.3	0.0	0.0	12.5	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	20.6
1970-71	Los Angeles Lakers	80	36.5	46.6	78.2	0.0	0.0	10.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	3.2	18.6
1971-72	Los Angeles Lakers	80	34.4	46.1	77.9	0.0	0.0	13.1	2.4	0.0	0.0	3.1	13.1
1972-73	Los Angeles Lakers	28	33.5	48.2	78.7	0.0	0.0	13.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	2.8	16.3
1973-74	Los Angeles Lakers	77	34.2	50.7	77.1	4.4	9.2	13.5	2.7	0.8	0.2	3.4	14.5
1974-75	Los Angeles Lakers	74	30.9	50.6	80.1	4.1	8.7	12.8	2.3	0.7	0.1	2.9	10.3
Averages		776	31.4	47.8	74.1	0.8	1.7	10.3	1.6	0.1	0.0	3.0	14.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
1964-65	Cincinnati Royals	3	39	18	5			3	2	0	0	20	3	0	0	2	12
1965-66	Cincinnati Royals	5	150	62	25			38	27	0	0	37	0	0	0	20	77
1966-67	Cincinnati Royals	4	140	54	28			15	8	0	0	27	6	0	0	15	64
1967-68	Detroit Pistons	6	149	71	29			20	12	0	0	37	7	0	0	22	70
1969-70	Los Angeles Lakers	16	296	108	47			35	24	0	0	76	20	0	0	31	118
1970-71	Los Angeles Lakers	12	471	164	83			50	38	0	0	109	34	0	0	41	204
1971-72	Los Angeles Lakers	15	577	168	74			68	54	0	0	197	31	0	0	44	202
1972-73	Los Angeles Lakers	3	26	9	1			8	6	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	8
1973-74	Los Angeles Lakers	5	172	36	15			18	16	15	37	52	19	5	1	8	46
Totals		69	2020	690	307	0	0	255	187	15	37	559	121	5	1	185	801

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts
1964-65	Cincinnati Royals	3	13.0	27.8	66.7	0.0	0.0	6.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	4.0
1965-66	Cincinnati Royals	5	30.0	40.3	71.1	0.0	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	15.4
1966-67	Cincinnati Royals	4	35.0	51.9	53.3	0.0	0.0	6.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	3.8	16.0
1967-68	Detroit Pistons	6	24.8	40.8	60.0	0.0	0.0	6.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	3.7	11.7
1969-70	Los Angeles Lakers	16	18.5	43.5	68.6	0.0	0.0	4.8	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.9	7.4
1970-71	Los Angeles Lakers	12	39.3	50.6	76.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	2.8	0.0	0.0	3.4	17.0
1971-72	Los Angeles Lakers	15	38.5	44.0	79.4	0.0	0.0	13.1	2.1	0.0	0.0	2.9	13.5
1972-73	Los Angeles Lakers	3	8.7	11.1	75.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7
1973-74	Los Angeles Lakers	5	34.4	41.7	88.9	3.0	7.4	10.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	1.6	9.2
Averages		776	29.3	44.5	73.3	0.2	0.5	8.1	1.8	0.1	0.0	2.7	11.6

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