Dick Garmaker

Dick Garmaker
Personal information
Born (1932-10-29) October 29, 1932
Hibbing, Minnesota
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school Hibbing (Hibbing, Minnesota)
College
NBA draft 1955 / Pick: Territorial
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career 1955–1961
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
Number 16, 18, 17
Career history
1955–1960 Minneapolis Lakers
1960–1961 New York Knicks
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 5,597 (13.3 ppg)
Rebounds 1,748 (4.2 rpg)
Assists 1,114 (2.6 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Richard Eugene Garmaker (born October 29, 1932) is an American retired 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 for the Golden Gophers, 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.

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
* Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1955–56 Minneapolis 68 12.8 .370 .806 1.9 1.5 5.7
1956–57 Minneapolis 72 33.4 .400 .839 4.7 2.6 16.3
1957–58 Minneapolis 68 32.6 .395 .764 5.4 2.7 16.1
1958–59 Minneapolis 72 34.6 .395 .772 4.5 2.9 13.7
1959–60 Minneapolis 44 27.0 .377 .718 4.3 3.0 11.7
1959–60 New York 26 28.7 .431 .860 4.8 2.8 12.9
1960–61 New York 71 31.5 .440 .768 3.9 3.1 15.6
Career 421 28.9 .403 .787 4.2 2.6 13.3
All-Star 4 18.3 .361 .833 4.8 1.5 7.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1956 Minneapolis 3 14.0 .368 .941* 2.7 3.7 10.0
1957 Minneapolis 5 37.4 .275 .844 7.0 3.4 13.0
1959 Minneapolis 13 33.8 .424 .778 4.2 3.0 14.5
Career 21 31.8 .379 .821 4.7 3.2 13.5


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