Elvin Hayes

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Hall of Fame basketball player NBA player basketball player human

Elvin Hayes is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s dominant power forwards of the 1970s, particularly for his scoring, rebounding, and key role in leading the Washington Bullets to the 1978 championship.

Aliases (1)

Elvin Ernest Hayes ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hall of Fame basketball player → NBA player → basketball player → human →
careerEnd	1984 →
careerStart	1968 →
collegeAttended	University of Houston →
collegeTeam	Houston Cougars men's basketball →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1945-11-17 →
draftedBy	San Diego Rockets →
draftLeague	NBA →
draftPickNumber	1 →
draftRound	1 →
draftYear	1968 →
familyName	Hayes →
fullName	Elvin Ernest Hayes →
givenName	Elvin →
hallOfFameInduction	Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1990 →
height	6 ft 9 in →
heightInMeters	2.06 →
jerseyNumber	11 → 44 →
knownFor	durability and minutes played → rebounding → scoring ability →
league	National Basketball Association →
memberOfSportsTeam	Baltimore Bullets → Capital Bullets → Houston Rockets → Houston Rockets (second stint) → San Diego Rockets → Washington Bullets →
NBA75thAnniversaryTeam	member →
NBAAllStarSelections	12 →
NBAAllStarSelectionSeasons	1968-69 to 1979-80 (12 times) →
NBAChampionships	1 →
NBAChampionshipSeason	1977-78 →
NBADebutSeason	1968-69 →
NBAReboundingLeaderSeasons	1969-70 →
NBAScoringTitleSeasons	1968-69 →
nickname	The Big E →
notableGame	1968 "Game of the Century" vs UCLA at the Astrodome →
placeOfBirth	Rayville, Louisiana, United States →
positionPlayed	center → power forward →
retiredCollegeJerseyBy	University of Houston →
retiredJerseyNumberBy	Houston Rockets → Washington Wizards →
wonNBAChampionshipWith	Washington Bullets →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Capital Bullets → Washington Wizards →	notablePlayer
Elvin Hayes ("Elvin Ernest Hayes") →	fullName