Hank Van Eaton 
#54 C | 6-8, 256lbs | Bighorns | Experience: 6 years
Born: 12/10/1946 (28) | College: Whitney College | Milwaukee, WI

 Attributes
  INS JPS FT 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA  
 Current: C C- C D- C- D C- B+ C+ F C- C- D- A+ C- A-  
 Potential: C D C F D D D A C F D D          
 Health: Good
 Status: Active Roster

 Contract
  1974  1975  1976  1977  1978  1979  1980  1981 
 Value: $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0  $0 
 Option: None  None  None  None  None  None  None  None 
 Bird Years: 0                

 Season Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL DEN 14 0 2.8 0.9 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.00 0.2 0.0 0.9 .222 .750 .000  
 1973 CBL DEN 51 0 5.5 1.8 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.5 0.61 0.2 0.0 1.7 .478 .632 .000  
 1972 CBL DEN 78 28 18.0 6.6 1.1 4.2 0.8 1.6 0.50 0.4 0.2 5.0 .485 .631 .261  
 1971 CBL DEN 78 78 22.3 7.6 1.3 4.0 1.2 2.2 0.53 0.5 0.2 5.2 .526 .619 .143  
 1970 CBL DEN 78 0 16.7 6.0 1.0 3.4 0.8 1.7 0.46 0.6 0.1 4.5 .525 .596 .214  
 1969 CBL DEN 78 78 23.1 9.7 1.5 4.3 1.2 2.0 0.60 0.4 0.4 5.0 .498 .640 .133  
 1968 CBL DEN 77 77 22.0 11.7 1.9 4.9 0.9 2.1 0.44 0.4 0.3 4.9 .488 .674 .154  
 Career     454 261 18.2 7.4 1.2 3.7 0.9 1.7 0.51 0.4 0.2 4.4 .500 .637 .169  

 Shooting Averages
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL DEN 0.1 0.6 .222 0.6 0.9 .750 0.1 0.4 .333 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1973 CBL DEN 0.6 1.4 .478 0.5 0.7 .632 0.4 0.7 .579 0.2 0.6 .379 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1972 CBL DEN 2.7 5.5 .485 1.1 1.8 .631 1.9 3.4 .565 0.7 1.8 .367 0.1 0.3 .261  
 1971 CBL DEN 3.2 6.1 .526 1.2 1.9 .619 2.4 3.8 .646 0.7 2.1 .356 0.0 0.3 .143  
 1970 CBL DEN 2.6 4.9 .525 0.9 1.5 .596 1.9 3.0 .633 0.6 1.7 .362 0.0 0.2 .214  
 1969 CBL DEN 3.9 7.9 .498 1.8 2.9 .640 3.2 4.9 .651 0.7 2.6 .265 0.1 0.4 .133  
 1968 CBL DEN 5.1 10.4 .488 1.5 2.3 .674 3.9 6.2 .627 1.1 3.7 .301 0.1 0.5 .154  
 Career     3.1 6.1 .500 1.2 1.9 .637 2.3 3.7 .625 0.7 2.1 .322 0.0 0.3 .169  

 Season Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 14 0 39 2 9 9 12 0 1 13 2 12 0 3 4 3 0 13 -19 
 1973 51 0 279 33 69 24 38 0 2 90 23 84 14 8 23 8 2 89 -144 
 1972 78 28 1404 209 431 89 141 6 23 513 84 408 62 35 124 35 15 388 248 
 1971 78 78 1739 250 475 91 147 3 21 594 104 418 91 40 171 40 12 402 217 
 1970 78 0 1306 200 381 68 114 3 14 471 79 348 61 48 133 48 8 352 -195 
 1969 78 78 1805 306 615 144 225 4 30 760 116 448 92 33 154 33 29 391 -25 
 1968 77 77 1691 390 800 118 175 6 39 904 143 522 69 32 158 32 23 380 -238 
 Career 454 261 8263 1390 2780 543 852 22 130 3345 551 2240 389 199 767 199 89 2015 -156 

 Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL DEN .429 1.44 0.0 22.2 18.7 5.1 23.8 14.8 4.9 -3.3 -0.1 -1.4 82.4 104.0  
 1973 CBL DEN .523 1.30 11.4 18.7 16.2 7.2 24.9 14.9 7.4 -13.3 -0.4 -2.8 87.4 109.5  
 1972 CBL DEN .519 1.19 9.1 18.3 18.4 6.2 23.3 14.9 7.9 -55.9 -1.9 3.2 98.2 89.8  
 1971 CBL DEN .550 1.25 11.3 21.3 17.2 6.3 20.6 13.2 8.2 -62.8 -2.1 2.8 99.4 92.0  
 1970 CBL DEN .548 1.24 9.8 21.3 18.1 6.0 22.1 13.8 8.5 -41.3 -1.4 -2.5 91.0 97.1  
 1969 CBL DEN .532 1.24 9.6 16.0 20.4 7.0 19.9 13.4 11.1 14.5 0.5 -0.3 93.8 91.3  
 1968 CBL DEN .515 1.13 6.3 14.3 25.1 8.1 23.6 15.5 14.8 107.0 3.6 -3.1 89.3 92.2  
 Career     .530 1.20 9.0 17.8 19.8 6.8 22.0 14.2 10.2 -55.1 -1.8 -0.3 94.1 93.0  

 Playoff Averages
 Season LGE TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1974 CBL DEN 4 0 2.8 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.0 0.5 0.00 0.3 0.0 0.5 .333 .500 .000  
 1973 CBL DEN 15 0 4.9 2.0 0.7 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.67 0.1 0.1 1.3 .407 .571 .000  
 1969 CBL DEN 16 16 26.9 10.6 2.2 5.7 1.1 2.2 0.49 0.9 0.3 5.1 .487 .561 .083  
 Career     35 16 14.7 5.9 1.3 3.2 0.7 1.3 0.50 0.5 0.2 2.9 .472 .557 .077  

 Playoff Shooting
 Season LGE TEAM FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% INM INA IN% JSM JSA JS% 3PM 3PA 3P%  
 1974 CBL DEN 0.3 0.8 .333 0.8 1.5 .500 0.3 0.5 .500 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000  
 1973 CBL DEN 0.7 1.8 .407 0.5 0.9 .571 0.3 0.7 .500 0.4 1.1 .375 0.0 0.1 .000  
 1969 CBL DEN 4.6 9.4 .487 1.4 2.6 .561 3.3 4.9 .679 1.2 3.8 .317 0.1 0.8 .083  
 Career     2.4 5.1 .472 1.0 1.7 .557 1.7 2.6 .656 0.7 2.2 .325 0.0 0.4 .077  

 Playoff Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1974 4 0 11 1 3 3 6 0 0 5 1 4 0 1 2 1 0 2 -17 
 1973 15 0 73 11 27 8 14 0 1 30 10 27 6 2 9 2 1 20 -64 
 1969 16 16 430 73 150 23 41 1 12 170 35 126 17 15 35 15 5 81 -58 
 Career 35 16 514 85 180 34 61 1 13 205 46 157 23 18 46 18 6 103 -139 

 Playoff Efficiency
 Season LGE TEAM TS% PPS AST TO USG ORR DRR RR PER VA EWA +/- OEFF DEFF  
 1974 CBL DEN .333 1.67 0.0 25.0 18.7 8.3 20.0 14.8 6.3 -0.7 0.0 -4.3 69.7 148.1  
 1973 CBL DEN .455 1.11 12.5 18.8 24.2 11.4 22.4 16.5 7.8 -3.1 -0.1 -4.3 80.7 118.5  
 1969 CBL DEN .506 1.13 7.7 15.9 20.1 8.0 23.2 15.1 10.7 0.7 0.0 -3.6 91.8 94.8  
 Career     .493 1.14 8.3 16.7 20.2 8.5 22.9 15.3 10.2 -3.1 -0.1 -4.0 89.4 99.5  

 College Averages
 Season TEAM G GS MIN PTS ORB DRB AST TO A/T STL BLK PF FG% FT% 3P%  
 1965 WHIT 32 1 15.4 4.3 0.9 3.3 0.6 0.5 1.19 0.2 0.3 1.2 .538 .691 .000  
 1966 WHIT 30 30 29.9 7.4 2.0 5.4 1.5 1.3 1.15 0.5 0.6 2.8 .459 .598 .000  
 1967 WHIT 31 31 30.2 8.4 2.5 6.3 1.6 0.8 2.13 0.7 1.0 2.7 .405 .688 .000  
 1968 WHIT 33 33 32.5 11.5 2.6 6.0 1.9 0.9 2.07 0.8 1.8 1.6 .453 .655 .000  
 Total   126 95 27.0 7.9 2.0 5.2 1.4 0.9 1.62 0.5 1.0 2.1 .450 .656 .000  

 College Totals
 Season G GS MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS OREB REB AST STL TO STL BLK PF +/- 
 1965 32 1 493 49 91 38 55 0 0 136 28 135 19 6 16 6 11 38 126 
 1966 30 30 896 84 183 55 92 0 0 223 61 222 46 14 40 14 19 84 112 
 1967 31 31 937 92 227 75 109 0 0 259 76 270 51 21 24 21 30 84 207 
 1968 33 33 1072 143 316 93 142 0 0 379 85 284 62 26 30 26 60 54 243 
 Career 126 95 3398 368 817 261 398 0 0 997 250 911 178 67 110 67 120 260 688 

 Career Highs
 Type PTS OREB REB AST STL BLK TO FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA  
 Season 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 3 4 0 1  
 Playoff 22 5 19 2 6 1 5 10 25 6 9 1 3  
 Career 30 7 21 5 6 3 7 13 28 6 10 2 4  

 Game Logs
 Date Opp W/L MIN FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA PTS ORB REB AST TO STL BLK PF +/-
 10/30 POR W 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 -2
 11/1 DAL W 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -7
 12/16 SA L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1/24 POR W 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 -1
 1/26 SD L 9 0 1 3 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 -8
 1/31 SD L 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 2 5
 2/11 POR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 2/23 KCM L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -3
 2/25 DAL L 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 3/4 SD W 4 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4
 3/8 POR W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
 3/12 KCM W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
 4/3 SA L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
 4/17 DAL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/19 SD W 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -2
 4/28 SA L 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -5
 5/5 SA W 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -5
 5/7 SA L 6 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 -5

 Awards & Achievements
 Season Award
 Total Player of the Game: 2
 Total Championships: 1
 1964 High School: Rated ***** and #1 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 1964 High School: All-State (Wisconsin)
 1964 High School: Mr. Basketball (Wisconsin)
 1964 High School: All-American
 1965 Freshman All-Conference (Great Lakes Alliance)
 1968 2nd Team All-American
 1968 1st Team All-Conference (Great Lakes Alliance)
 1968 Conference Player of the Year (Great Lakes Alliance)
 1968 CBL Rookie Game Participant
 1973 Continental Basketball League Champion

 Transactions
 Date Action
 6/26/1968 Drafted by the Bighorns with pick #2 of round 1.

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