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
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
NBA 75th Anniversary Team
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The NBA 75th Anniversary Team, also referred to as the NBA 75, was chosen in 2021 to honor the 75th anniversary of the founding of the National Basketball Association. It was the fourth and most recen
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…For his accomplishments, Mikan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1959. He was also named to the 25th, 35th, 50th and 75th NBA anniversary teams. Mikan was born on June 18, 1924, in Joliet, Illinois, to a Croatian father, Joseph, and a Lithuanian mother, Minnie, along with brothers Joe and…
Members of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team during the halftime ceremony of the 2022 NBA All-Star Game.
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