NBA Career: |
|
Seasons |
Games |
Titles |
 |
10 |
Season
699
Playoffs
85 |
 5 |
|
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists |
| Season |
14.4 |
9.4 |
2.2 |
| Playoffs |
13.4 |
8.0 |
1.8 |
|
Minneapolis Lakers Career: |
|
Seasons |
Games |
Titles |
 |
10 |
Season
699
Playoffs
85 |
5 |
|
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists |
| Season |
14.4 |
9.4 |
2.2 |
| Playoffs |
13.4 |
8.0 |
1.8 |
|
| Complete Name: |
Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen |
 |
| Position: |
Power Forward |
| Jersey Number: |
19 |
| Height: |
6-7 |
| Weight: |
230 lbs. |
| Nickname: |
"Vern" |
| All-Star: |
6 times - 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956 and 1957 |
| Born: |
October 21, 1928 in Fresno, California |
| High-School: |
Askov in Askov, Minnesota |
| College: |
Hamline University |
| Drafted: |
by the Minneapolis Lakers, with a territorial selection in the 1949 BAA draft. |
| Teams: |
Minneapolis Lakers |
| Lakers Seasons: |
from 1949-50 to 1958-59 |
|
1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers
1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers
1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers
1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers
1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers
Career Totals: |
|
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists |
| Season |
10,063 |
5,940 |
1,515 |
| Playoffs |
1,141 |
585 |
152 |
|
- Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1995
- Along with George Mikan and Jim Pollard formed one of the best frontcourts in basketball history and built the NBA's first dynasty, leading the Minneapolis Lakers to 5 Championships between 1949 and 1954.
- In 2002, during halftime of a Lakers-Timberwolves game, the pioneer Minneapolis players Vern Mikkelsen, George Mikan, Slater Martin, Clyde Lovellette, Coach John Kundla and Arlee Pollard (widow of Jim Pollard) were presented with championship rings, the same provided by the NBA to the Los Angeles Lakers championship players that same year.
- A tenacious defender, he is known as the NBA's first Power Forward.
- In 2006 Mikkelsen had a biography published on his life titled  The Vern Mikkelsen Story |
