- Born
- Died
- Birth nameThomas Jerome Hawkins
- Nickname
- The Hawk
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Tommy Hawkins was born on December 22, 1936 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Mid-Morning L.A. (1978), Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend (2022) and ESPN SportsCentury (1999). He was married to Layla Hawkins. He died on August 16, 2017 in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Spouses? (divorced, 4 children)Layla Hawkins(? - August 16, 2017) (his death, 1 child)
- Hawkins had enough skill at forward to earn a scholarship from Notre Dame, where he became the first African American player in school history to be an All-American.
- In 1987, the Los Angeles Dodgers hired Hawkins as Vice President of Communications, and he worked in their organization until retirement in 2004.
- Away from sports he wrote poetry and had a weekly radio show in which he spun records from his vast jazz collection.
- The Lakers selected him in the first round of the 1959 NBA draft, and he joined the team while it was still playing in the small, creaky Minneapolis Armory.
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