#: 99

Height: 6-10

Weight: 245 lbs.

Died: June 1, 2005

Accomplishments

+ All-NBL First Team (1947, 1948)

+ NBL MVP (1948)

+ All-BAA First Team (1949)

+ All-NBA First Team (1950-54)

+ Four-time NBA All-Star (1951-54)

+ NBA All-Star Game MVP, scored 22 pts (1953)

+ NBL championships w/ the Chicago Gears (1947)     and Minneapolis Lakers (1948)

+ BAA championship w/ Minneapolis Lakers (1949)

+ NBA championships w/ Minneapolis Lakers  

  (1950, 1952-54)

+ Scored 11,764 points (22.6 ppg) in 9 pro

  seasons, best ever in league when  retired

+ Led the league in scoring 6 times (46-52),    

  including a career-high 28.4 ppg in 1951

+ Led the league in rebounding in 1953 (1,007,

  14.4 rpg) and in rpg (1952, 13.5 rpg)

+Annually one of the league leaders in FT attempts

  (4,597) for a career

+ Retired following the 1954-44 season but came

  back to play 37 games in 1955-56

+ Voted the game's greatest player for the first 

  half century

+ Coahed the 57-58 Lakers

+ NBA 25th Anniversary All-Time Team 1970

+ NBA 35th Anniversary All-Time Team 1980

+ NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team 1996

When was this?

George Mikan played for the Lakers not only when they were in Minneapolis but also before they were in the NBA and the NBA was even formed

Championships?

George won 4 NBA championships with the Lakers, He also won 1 BAA championship with the Lakers and 2 NBL chmpionships one with the Lakers one with the Chicago gears

Honored?

Mikan has been honored in many ways including the statue of him at the Target Center in Minneapolis shown below