from cancer; no other cause was given. In popular culture Hawkins’ story is the topic of a song titled "The Legend of Connie Hawkins" by Dispatch on their 2021 album Break Our Fall. References External links Basketball Hall of Fame profile Connie Hawkins bio on NBA.com 1942 births 2017 deaths African-American basketball players American men's basketball players Atlanta Hawks players Banned National Basketball Association players Basketball players from New York City Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni Centers (basketball) Harlem Globetrotters players Los Angeles Lakers players Minnesota Pipers players Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees National Basketball Association All-Stars National Basketball Association players with retired numbers Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Phoenix Suns players Pittsburgh Pipers players Pittsburgh Rens players Power forwards (basketball) Sportspeople from Brooklyn Undrafted National Basketball Association players University of Iowa alumni 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people