Dick Garmaker

{{Short description|American basketball player (1932–2020)}}

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{{Infobox NBA biography

| name = Dick Garmaker

| image = Dick Garmaker.jpeg

| width = 150px

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|10|29}}

| birth_place = Hibbing, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|6|13|1932|10|29}}

| death_place =

| high_school = Hibbing (Hibbing, Minnesota)

| college =

• Hibbing CC (1950–1952)
• Minnesota (1953–1955)

| draft_year = 1955

| draft_round =

| draft_pick = territorial pick

| draft_team = Minneapolis Lakers

| career_start = 1955

| career_end = 1961

| career_number = 16, 18, 17

| career_position = Shooting guard / small forward

| years1 = {{nbay|1955|start}}–{{nbay|1959|end}}

| team1 = Minneapolis Lakers

| years2 = {{nbay|1959|end}}–{{nbay|1960|end}}

| team2 = New York Knicks

| highlights =

• 4× NBA All-Star ({{nasg|1957}}–{{nasg|1960}})
• All-NBA Second Team ({{nbay|1956|end}})
• Consensus first-team All-American (1955)
• 2× First-team All-Big Ten (1954, 1955)
• No. 53 retired by Minnesota Golden Gophers

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 5,597 (13.3 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebounds

| stat2value = 1,748 (4.2 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 1,114 (2.6 apg)

}}

Richard Eugene Garmaker (October 29, 1932 – June 13, 2020) was an American basketball player who played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1961.{{cite news|last=Rippel|first=Joel|title= Dick Garmaker, former Gophers All-America basketball star, dies at 87 |url= https://www.startribune.com/garmaker-former-gophers-all-america-basketball-star-dies-at-87/571251692/ |date=June 14, 2020|website=Star Tribune|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}