Shaler Halimon

Shaler Halimon Jr. (March 30, 1945 – April 19, 2021) was an American basketball player. He played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA).

Halimon, a 6'5" swingman from Tampa, Florida, attended Imperial Valley Community College before playing college basketball for the Utah State Aggies. Halimon averaged 25.1 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in his two seasons with Utah State.

At the conclusion of his college career, Halimon was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 1968 NBA draft (14th overall pick). He played in the NBA for the 76ers, Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers and Atlanta Hawks and for the Dallas Chaparrals of the ABA. He averaged 6.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the NBA and 6.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in the ABA.

In 1973, Halimon retired from the game. He worked first as a social worker in San Antonio, Texas, then as a city bus driver in Portland, Oregon. He became a driver for TriMet, the transit agency for the Portland metropolitan area, in 1978. The agency named him its "Bus operator of the year" in 2010". He retired from TriMet in 2012.

Halimon died on April 19, 2021.

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