Career
He averaged 9.1 points per game over his National Basketball Association career. He later held coaching positions with the University of Miami, the Oakland Oaks of the American Basketball Association, and Saint Mary"s College of California. Before he died of a heart attack in 1980, he had been working as a marketing director at the KNBR radio station.
Hale"s daughter, Pam, married basketball player Rick Barry, who played for Hale at the University of Miami.
Hale was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1986.