- Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Played for the American Basketball League's Pittsburgh Renaissance (1961-1962 until the league's demise in Dec. 1962), the Harlem Globetrotters (1963-1966), the American Basketball Association's (ABA) Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers (1967-1968 through 1968-1969); and the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Phoenix Suns (1969-1970 through 1973-1974), Los Angeles Lakers (1973-1974 thru 1974-1975) and Atlanta Hawks (1975-1976).
- Professional basketball player.
- Played college basketball at the University of Iowa.
- In 1962, he and three other college basketball players were banned from playing in the NBA for life by then-NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff for associating with professional gambler Jack Molinas. Hawkins applied for reinstatement into the NBA in 1970 and was granted it by commissioner Walter Kennedy.
- ABL All-Star First Team (1962). ABL MVP at the age of 19 (1962). ABA MVP (1968). ABA All-Star First Team (1968, 1969). First Phoenix Sun ever named to NBA First Team (1970). First Phoenix Sun elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Four-time NBA All-Star (1970-1973). All-NBA First Team (1970). Team MVP (Phoenix Suns-1971).
- Played for the University of Iowa (1960-1961).
- Community relations representative, Phoenix Suns (1992- present). (November 2003)
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