Hall of Fame Professional Basketball Player, Coach. For twelve seasons (1962 to 1969 and 1970 to 1975), he played at the center position in the National and American Basketball Associations with the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Utah Stars and Los Angeles Lakers. After attending Woodville High School in Texas, he played collegiate basketball at Prairie View A&M University where he made his mark on the hardwood. While with the Panthers, he was a key player who contributed to their NAIA Championship in 1962. Selected by the Hawks as the 3rd overall pick during the 1st round of the 1962 NBA Draft, he played in all scheduled 80 regular season games while a rookie (1962-1963) and earned a place on the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1963. He continued to rise among the top players in the league as he earned All-Star status twice (1966 and 1968). After agreeing to play for the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association, he was required to sit out for the 1969-1970 season. Beaty resumed his career in 1970 and proceeded to become one of the ABA's leaders. He achieved All-Star status three consecutive times (1971, 1972 and 1973) and enjoyed a world championship, as the Stars captured the ABA Title in 1971. Additionally, Beaty was recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award for the playoffs in 1971. He returned to the NBA in 1974 and concluded his playing career with the Los Angeles Lakers. In 889 regular season NBA and ABA games, he compiled 15,207 points and 9,665 total rebounds. Following his playing career, Beaty served as head coach of the Virginia Squires (1975 to 1976). He went onto work in the financial industry, as well as serve as a substitute physical education teacher. He died following a more than four-year battle with cancer. He was posthumously inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.