Andre Nolan Dawson (born July 10, 1954, Miami, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. In 1975 he was drafted by the Montreal Expos, and he made his pro baseball debut on September 11, 1975. In 1977, he hit .282, with 19 homers and 65 RBI, and was named NL Rookie of the Year.

Dawson, whose nickname was "Hawk," played 1443 games with the Expos, 4th highest in franchise history. As an Expo, Dawson set single-season club records for home runs (32, now 7th), RBI (113, now 4th), Extra Base Hits, (78, now 7th), and Sacrifice Flies (18, still 1st). He still holds the Expos' career record for Sacrifice Flies (71), and is the only player to hit 200 home runs and steal 200 bases with Montreal.

He played for the Expos until after the 1986 season, when he took a pay cut to sign with the Chicago Cubs. Dawson's knee injuries were aggravated by playing on artificial turf in Montreal, and he hoped playing home games on grass at Wrigley Field would prolong his career. His .507 career slugging percentage is 4th highest in team history. In 1987, he hit 49 home runs and was named NL MVP. It was his first MVP award, as he was twice first runner up for MVP with Montreal, in 1981 and 1983.

Dawson also played for the Boston Red Sox, and the Florida Marlins before retiring with 2774 hits, 438 home runs, 314 Stolen Bases, and 1591 RBI. He is 29th on the all-time Home Run list, and 28th on the all-time RBI list. Andre Dawson, or "Hawk", was a 8-time All Star between 1981 and 1991, and won 8 Gold Glove awards as an outfielder in the 1980s.

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