Answer the following question: Facts: - draft round: 4 - draft pick: 33 - career end: 1975 - number: 22 , 5 , 52 - height in: 7 - team: cincinnati royals detroit pistons los angeles lakers - birth date: 31 may 1942 - draft team: cincinnati royals - weight lb: 225 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 11,505 -rrb- 1,268 -lrb- 1.6 apg -rrb- -lrb- 14.8 ppg -rrb- 8,019 -lrb- 10.3 rpg - caption: hairston in 1974 - draft year: 1964 - bbr: hairsha01 - death date: 01 may 2001 - college: nyu -lrb- 1961 -- 1964 -rrb- - letter: h - name: happy hairston - death place: los angeles , california - birth place: winston-salem , north carolina - position: forward - high school: atkins high school -lrb- winston-salem , north carolina -rrb- - career start: 1964 - nationality: american - years: 1964 1969 -- 1974 end start -- 1967 end 1968 -- 1969 start - height ft: 6 - image: happy hairston 1974.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of happy hairston .
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harold '' happy '' hairston -lrb- may 31 , 1942 -- may 1 , 2001 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player .he played for the los angeles lakers of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .he was a member of the 1971 -- 72 nba championship lakers , a team that won 33 games in a row , a record not duplicated in any other american professional sport .hairston was a 6 ' 7 '' -lrb- 200 cm -rrb- 225 lb -lrb- 102 kg -rrb- forward .he was born in winston-salem , north carolina .hairston attended atkins high school in winston-salem , north carolina .he played college basketball at new york university from 1962 to 1964 , where one of his teammates was barry kramer .he played professionally for the cincinnati royals and detroit pistons before joining the lakers in 1969 .in 1971-72 , hairston grabbed 1,045 rebounds ; his teammate wilt chamberlain pulled down 1,572 .hairston led the lakers in both rebounds and field goal percentage during the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons , and set an nba record for most defensive rebounds in a quarter with 13 -lrb- vs. the philadelphia 76ers , november 15 , 1974 -rrb- .during his 11 seasons in the nba , hairston averaged 14.8 points and 10.3 rebounds .after his retirement in 1975 , hairston established the happy hairston youth foundation in century city .with financial help from celebrities such as kelsey grammer , the foundation found bright children from broken homes and paid for their college education .he also hosted a celebrity golf tournament .he had a small role in the 1981 '' happy days '' episode '' tall story , '' where he played the father of an epileptic high school basketball player .hairston died at the age of 58 in los angeles from complications due to prostate cancer .