Bob Kurland
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Robert Albert Kurland was an American basketball player, who played for the two-time NCAA champion Oklahoma A&M Aggies. Standing 7-foot tall, he has been credited as the first person to dunk in a coll
Joseph DePietro (left) and Kurland on the way to the 1948 Summer Olympics
Kurland as a junior at Oklahoma A&M.
George Mikan
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George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Minneapolis Lakers of the
Bob Kurland
…known to leap above the rim to grab opponents' shots. This led to the NCAA banning defensive goaltending in 1945. The rivalry between him and De Paul's George Mikan would foreshadow similar matchups, especially those of basketball's "big men." In college, Kurland was active in many campus activities, including the…
Mikan in 1945
Mikan in a game against Long Island University at Madison Square Garden, 1944
Mikan as member of the Chicago American Gears
Mikan (far right) and the 1950–51 Lakers