Background
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
University of Kansas.
He was a 6"8" power forward and center. Hightower went to Kansas, and after graduation moved to Spain and signed for Real Madrid, whom he led to a domestic championship and the final of the European Champions Cup, which the team lost. He was drafted in the 1962 National Basketball Association Draft at the 7th spot overall by the San Francisco Warriors, with whom he played for 3 seasons.
The pinnacle of his National Basketball Association career came with the Warriors, together with fellow Philadelphia native Wilt Chamberlain he reached the 1964 National Basketball Association Finals.
Hightower recorded his best season that year, averaging 13.2 and 7.2 Procter and Gamble. He later played for several other teams, moving to play in the American Bar Association in 1967 before retiring in 1972. Hightower died on April 18, 2002, in his hometown of Philadelphia.