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George Lawrence Mikan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

George Lawrence Mikan , 1924-2005, American basketball player, b. Joliet, Ill. After leading De Paul Univ. to the 1945 National Invitational Tournament title and being named All-America three times (1944-46), he played (1948-54, 1955-56) for the Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and led them to five championships from 1949 to 1954. The first dominant "big man" in the NBA and a key figure in the rise of professional basketball, Mikan subsequently became a lawyer and was later (1967-69) the first commissioner of the rival American Basketball Association. ... Read more

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	A bronze honor; George Mikan was the best of the NBA's early big men. Now visitors to Target Center will be reminded of him by a 9-foot statue.(SPORTS) ; ...disease can do. But when I learned George Mikan had a leg amputated because of that...been less stunned if I had heard George had died. Please don't take that...through my years, I looked upon George as the most indomitable force I...or in any other area. When I say George was indomitable, ... Read more
	Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan., Bill Mayer column: Mayer: Reesing key to ?06 finish.(Column) ; ...Oklahoma A & M's 7-foot Bob Kurland and DePaul's George Mikan in the 1940s and Frisco's Russell and Kansas's Wilt...of Bill Russell. Copyright (c) 2006, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News... Read more
	Basketball's first giant ; ...2005 Basketball's first giant -- Mikan lifted the sport out of small-town...Edtion: All Editions Biographical: George Mikan Before the start of the 1950 NBA...source of Superman's kryptonite: George Mikan had an allergy to smoke. As it turned...even see to the end of the floor," ... Read more
	Kokomo Girls Fuel Indiana's Fire ; ...Cazzie Russell, Sweetwater Clifton, George Mikan and Mark Aguirre. Indiana produced Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, George McGinnis, Rick Mount and John Wooden...scored 30 points to lead Bedford North Lawrence to a 63-60 victory over Concord before... Read more
	LAKERS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PAST OLD ERA RECOGNIZED AS WIN OVER MINNESOTA HAS TITLE RUN IN FOCUS LAKERS 96, MINNESOTA 83.(Sports) ; ...although it's certainly possible that George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen might have teased...victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Mikan, the NBA's first dominant center, was...Longtime public-address announcer Lawrence Tanter even amended his pregame script... Read more
	Lakers of Minneapolis fame honored.(The Orange County Register) ; ...public-address announcer Lawrence Tanter proudly decreed...Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard and George Mikan. It's a great occasion...Derek Fisher and Devean George. (Fisher switched to blue at halftime.) Fisher, George and Rick Fox wore their... Read more
	Lemont just dipping into Will like others ; ...Wintermute, R-Bolingbrook, and Lawrence Troutman, R-Homer Township...Will County Executive Joseph Mikan last week to talk about the...mount some pressure on Gov. George Ryan to change his mind about...that'll happen only if incumbent George Ryan doesn't want the office... Read more
	Ohio State's Oden worthy of the hype.(Sports) ; ...Assembly Hall, national player of the year George Mikan and defending NIT champ DePaul visited...1945. Illinois pulled off the upset. (Mikan and DePaul also beat Illinois in Huff...one mythical national championship at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. He... Read more
	Lakers of Minneapolis fame honored. ; ...public-address announcer Lawrence Tanter proudly decreed...Mikkelsen, Jim Pollard and George Mikan. It's a great occasion...Derek Fisher and Devean George. (Fisher switched to blue at halftime.) Fisher, George and Rick Fox wore their... Read more
	DOWN THE STRETCH: Can Shaq carry Lakers to another title? ; ...immediate future. With legendary center George Mikan sitting nearby, Shaquille O'Neal scored...tag. In a photo shoot before the game, George Mikan suggested to O'Neal that 45 points would...franchise," public address announcer Lawrence Tanter called before the Laker introductions... Read more

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