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Member of UCLA's 1964 NCAA championship basketball team, and the 1964 Olympic champion basketball team. #1 overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1964 NBA draft.

He played basketball for Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was born and raised before attending University of California at Los Angeles.

He played basketball for the University of California in Los Angeles and for the Bruins' first N.C.A.A. championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s. He was co-captain of Coach John Wooden's first championship team. As a coach, the team was 77-47. In 1985, he led them to their first N.I.T. title. In 1987, they won the Pac-10 title and the league's first post-season tournament led by Reggie Miller. They finished 25-7 losing in the second round of the N.C.A.A. tournament. But the team slumped to 16-14 record. He was replaced by Jim Harrick in the 1988-1989 season.

He suffered a stroke in March 1996 but made a strong recovery. He had become less publicly active.

He also helped the United States Basketball team win the Olympic Gold Medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He played ten seasons with the N.B.A. including with the Los Angeles Lakers who made him a first round selection and four other teams including Seattle, Atlanta, Buffalo, and Golden State.

He ranked among the league's top 10 in assists during six of his ten seasons. In 1968, he averaged 23.9 points and 6.2 assists where he was appeared in the All-Star game.

He also coached basketball for two seasons at Compton College near Los Angeles, California and for two seasons at Chapman College in Orange County, California.

After his coaching career, he worked as a West Coast advance scout for the Los Angeles Lakers and served as a special consultant to the team. He made occasional appearances at the U.C.L.A. Bruins' games in recent years.

He is survived by his wife, Jalessa Hazzard (a Bruins song girl during the 1964 N.C.A.A. title season); his sons, Yakub Hazzard; Jalal Hazzard; Khalil Hazzard; and Rasheed Hazzard.