George Mikan

George Lawrence Mikan Jr. (Mr. Basketball)

Born: June 18, 1924 in Joliet, Illinois
Died: June 1, 2005
High School: Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Illinois
College: DePaul University
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1959 (Full List)
As Player: 439 G, 23.1 PPG, 13.4 RPG, 2.8 APG (Full Record)
As Coach: 1 Yr, 9-30, .231 W-L% (Full Record)

Franchises

• Los Angeles Lakers: October 5, 1954 to June 19, 1957

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

Los Angeles Lakers Franchise

• April 13, 1955: Selected Dick Garmaker (1st round, 6th pick), Chuck Mencel (2nd round, 14th pick), Dick Boushka (3rd round, 22nd pick), John Miller (4th round, 30th pick), Bill Banks (5th round, 38th pick), Don Boldebuck ( round, 46th pick), Don Bragg ( round, 54th pick), K.C. Jones ( round, 62nd pick), Jim Scott ( round, 70th pick), Bill Warden ( round, 78th pick) and O'Neal Weaver ( round, 85th pick) in the 1955 NBA Draft.
• November 28, 1955: Sold Jim Holstein to the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• December 16, 1955: Purchased Johnny Horan from the Fort Wayne Pistons.
• April 30, 1956: Selected Jim Paxson (1st round, 3rd pick), Terry Rand (2nd round, 11th pick), Jerry Bird (3rd round, 19th pick), Lloyd Aubrey (4th round, 27th pick), Bill Reigel (5th round, 35th pick), Phil Jordon (6th round, 43rd pick), John Barber (7th round, 51st pick), Sam Jones (8th round, 59th pick), Jim Springer (9th round, 66th pick), Phil Grawmeyer (10th round, 73rd pick), Robert Hodgson (11th round, 79th pick), Carl Widseth (12th round, 83rd pick), John Patzwald (13th round, 87th pick) and Elgin Baylor (14th round, 91st pick) in the 1956 NBA Draft.
• October 24, 1956: Sold Al Bianchi to the Syracuse Nationals.
• October 26, 1956: Traded Jerry Bird, Phil Jordon and Slater Martin to the New York Knicks for Walter Dukes and Burdette Haldorson.
• April 17, 1957: Selected Jim Krebs (1st round, 3rd pick), Harvey Schmidt (2nd round, 11th pick), Jim Spivey (3rd round, 19th pick), George Brown (4th round, 27th pick), Gary Thompson (5th round, 35th pick), Phil Murrell (6th round, 43rd pick), George Ferguson (7th round, 51st pick), John Haaven (8th round, 58th pick), Jim Sutton (9th round, 65th pick) and Gordon Fosness (10th round, 71st pick) in the 1957 NBA Draft.
• April 17, 1957: Traded Clyde Lovellette and Jim Paxson to the Rochester Royals for Bob Burrow, Ed Fleming, Hot Rod Hundley, Monk Meineke and Art Spoelstra.
• May 14, 1957: Traded Ed Kalafat to the Fort Wayne Pistons for Corky Devlin.