Gordon Hayward

Gordon Hayward is a player I have a real soft spot for. His near-miss half-court heave in the 2010 NCAA final for Butler is one of those what-if moments that still gives me chills, and his 14-season NBA career across Utah, Boston, Charlotte and Oklahoma City speaks to remarkable resilience. The gruesome leg injury on his Celtics debut would have ended lesser men; coming back from that earns my deep respect. Hayward was never the flashiest star, but he was the well-rounded, fundamentally sound forward that purists adore. A genuinely admirable, hard-working career that deserves more appreciation than it got.

Name (English)

Gordon Hayward

Name (Japanese)

ゴードン・ヘイワード

Reading

ごーどん・へいわーど

Born

March 23, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Height

199 cm

Occupation

basketball player / professional athlete

High school

Brownsburg High School

University

Butler University

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

• Official sitehttps://www.gordonhayward20.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gordonhayward/
• Xhttps://x.com/gordonhayward
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Hayward
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919197

Tags

• Indiana
• basketball player
• professional athlete

Last updated

2026-06-17

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