![]() Hazzard with UCLA c. 1964 | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.[1] | April 15, 1942||||||||||||||
Died | November 18, 2011 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 69)||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | |||||||||||||||
College | UCLA (1961–1964) | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1964: territorial pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1964–1974 | ||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard / shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 42, 1, 44 | ||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1980–1988 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||||
1964–1967 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
1968–1971 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Buffalo Braves | ||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Golden State Warriors | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Compton CC | ||||||||||||||
1982–1984 | Chapman | ||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | UCLA | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
Points | 9,087 (12.6 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
Rebounds | 2,146 (3.0 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
Assists | 3,555 (4.9 apg) | ||||||||||||||
Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (born Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr.; April 15, 1942 – November 18, 2011) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first national championship team in 1964. He also won a gold medal that year with the US national team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Hazzard began his pro career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Los Angeles Lakers, who selected him a territorial pick in the 1964 NBA draft. He was named an NBA All-Star with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1968. After his playing career ended, he was the head coach at UCLA during the 1980s.
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