Roberto José Hatton Negrón (born 11 October 1976[1]) is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Hatton has most notably played for Marist College in the NCAA and for the Arecibo Captains, San Germán Athletics, and Ponce Lions in Puerto Rico's Baloncesto Superior Nacional. Hatton has also played professionally in Portugal, Russia, Mexico and France. Hatton has been a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team since 1993, taking part in both the 2004 Olympic Games, famous for their defeat of the United States team, as well as the 2006 FIBA World Championship. At the youth level he won a silver medal at the 1997 FIBA Under-22 World Championship.[2]

Bobby Joe Hatton

Personal information
Born	(1976-10-11) 11 October 1976 (age 45) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Career information
High school	Colegio Ponceño
College	Marist (1995–1999)
NBA draft	1999 / Undrafted
Playing career	1994–2012
Position	Point guard
Career history
1994–2000	Atléticos de San Germán
2000–2001	Correcaminos UAT Victoria
2001–2004	Leones de Ponce
2004–2005	CAB Madeira
2005	Leones de Ponce
2005	Strasbourg
2005–2006	Spartak Saint Petersburg
2006–2007	Leones de Ponce
2008	Capitanes de Arecibo
2008–2009	Halcones Rojos Veracruz
2009–2012	Leones de Ponce
Career highlights and awards
BSN Most Valuable Player (2005) 2× BSN Champion (2002, 2004, 2008) 2× LNBP All-Star (2000, 2001) Second-team All-MAAC (1999)
Medals Men’s basketball Representing  Puerto Rico FIBA AmeriCup 2003 Puerto Rico Centrobasket 2003 Mexico 2004 Dominican Republic 2006 Panama

His #10 jersey was retired by his former team Leones de Ponce in 2017.[3]

References

External links

• Bobby Joe Hatton at Latinbasket
• Bobby Joe Hatton at RealGM

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