RIP Connie Hawkins

[Exhibitman]

Been a bad week for deaths of childhood heroes, with Tom Petty and The Hawk both going. RIP to the great Connie Hawkins. Share 'em if you got 'em:

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[Whynotsell]

Before there was Julius Erving there was Connie Hawkins.

[barrysloate]

Connie Hawkins was once my favorite basketball players, and the one I would go out of my way to watch. He certainly did not have an easy life, and he got a terrible break when he was banned from the NBA. I read Bob Wolf's book Foul and it is a must read for a basketball fan. Sad to see the Hawk is gone.