Steven Sherburne Hawes (born May 26, 1950) is an American former

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player. Hawes played high school basketball at Mercer Island High School. A 6'9" center from the

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, Hawes played ten seasons (1974–84) in the

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as a member of the

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, and Seattle SuperSonics. He scored 5,768 career points and grabbed 4,272 career rebounds. Hawes was voted on to the Washington's All-Century basketball team which was selected by a fan vote in 2002. Hawes's nephew, Spencer Hawes, was selected by the

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in the

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and also played 10 years in the NBA.NBA.com: 2007 NBA Draft Board-Spencer Hawes
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Career statistics

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Playoffs

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

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1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

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1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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Notes

External links

Player Profile - basketball-reference.comPlayer Profile - Legabasket.it
1950 births Living people 20th-century American sportsmen American expatriate basketball people in Italy American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Basketball players from Seattle Centers (basketball) Cleveland Cavaliers draft picks Dallas Chaparrals draft picks Houston Rockets players Mercer Island High School alumni Portland Trail Blazers players Power forwards Reyer Venezia players Seattle SuperSonics players Washington Huskies men's basketball players {{1950s-US-basketball-bio-stub