Louie Dampier elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

On Saturday, at age 70, Louie Dampier became the first Indianapolis-born player to make it into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Dampier has career averages of 15.9 points and 4.9 assists a game (18.9 and 5.6 in the ABA) in his career from 1967 to 1979. His records, though, are his ABA career totals: 728 games, 27,770 minutes, 794 three-pointers, 4,044 assists and 13,726 points.

Dampier is one of five direct-elect Hall of Famers announced Saturday. He joins Australian coaching legend Lindsay Gaze (International Committee), former Boston Celtics coach Tom Heinsohn (Veterans Committee, previously in as a player), pre-NBA great John Isaacs (Early African American Pioneers Committee) and retired college coach George Raveling (Contributor Direct Election Committee).