Fred W. Hetzel is a retired American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player.

Early life in D.C.

Hetzel initially attended Woodrow Wilson High School in D.C. and played for the Tigers in the 1958 season. He then transferred to Landon School in the Bethesda, MD. suburbs and was a 3 time All Met. As a Soph, he averaged 20.5 ppg, and as a Jr, 20.4 ppg. As a 3 time All Met in the Washington Daily News...he followed in the footsteps of Lew Luce and George Leftwich as the only 3-peats. He averaged 24.1 ppg in his Sr season and finished with 1,210 points during his Bears career. On March 2, 1961, Undefeated Landon and DeMatha (ranked 1-2 in the city) faced off in Cole Field House before a crowd of 6400. Fred Hetzel led Landon that night with 18 points but it was the tandem of John Austin and Gary Ward that led the Stags to victory 57-52.

Basketball career

A 6'8" forward/center from Davidson College

Davidson College

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, he was selected by the San Francisco Warriors

Golden State Warriors

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 with the first pick of the 1965 NBA Draft

1965 NBA Draft

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. Hetzel was named to the 1966 NBA All-Rookie Team

NBA All-Rookie Team

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. He played six seasons in the NBA (1965–71) with five teams, including the 1970-71 Los Angeles Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

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, and scored 4,658 career points.
Currently residing in Virginia, and Bonita Springs, Florida and is in the Real Estate industry.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

External links

• Career stats