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Vern Mikkelsen Profile

NBA Career:

Seasons Games Titles
Vern Mikkelsen NBA Career 10 Season
699
Playoffs
85
NBA Titles5
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 14.4 9.4 2.2
Playoffs 13.4 8.0 1.8

Minneapolis Lakers Career:

Seasons Games Titles
Vern Mikkelsen Lakers Career 10 Season
699
Playoffs
85
NBA Trophy5
Points Rebounds Assists
Season 14.4 9.4 2.2
Playoffs 13.4 8.0 1.8
Complete Name: Arild Verner Agerskov Mikkelsen Vern Mikkelsen Profile
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

Vern Mikkelsen in Lakers History

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Vern Mikkelsen Highlights

NBA Champion1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers
NBA Champion1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers
NBA Champion1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers
NBA Champion1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers
NBA Champion1953-54 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

Vern Mikkelsen Career Stats

Season by season statistics including his numbers with the Lakers.

Season Stats:

Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
1949-50 Minneapolis 68 .399 .752 1.8 3.30 11.6
1950-51 Minneapolis 64 .402 .676 10.2 2.8 4.10 14.1
1951-52 Minneapolis 66 35.5 .419 .761 10.3 2.7 4.30 15.3
1952-53 Minneapolis 70 35.2 .435 .752 9.3 2.1 4.10 15.0
1953-54 Minneapolis 72 31.2 .374 .742 8.5 1.7 3.70 11.1
1954-55 Minneapolis 71 36.0 .422 .747 10.2 2.0 4.50 18.7
1955-56 Minneapolis 72 29.2 .386 .804 8.4 2.4 4.40 13.4
1956-57 Minneapolis 72 30.5 .377 .807 8.8 1.7 4.30 13.7
1957-58 Minneapolis 72 33.2 .410 .786 11.2 2.3 4.20 17.3
1958-59 Minneapolis 72 29.7 .390 .806 7.9 2.2 3.40 13.8
Career   699 32.5 .403 .766 9.4 2.2 4.00 14.4
All-Star   6 22.0 .386 .650 8.7 1.3 3.30 11.2

Playoffs Stats:

Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
1949-50 Minneapolis 12 .369 .767 1.5 4.30 13.0
1950-51 Minneapolis 7 .406 .660 9.6 2.4 5.00 15.6
1951-52 Minneapolis 13 38.2 .432 .828 8.5 1.5 5.10 13.3
1952-53 Minneapolis 12 33.3 .331 .848 8.7 2.0 4.90 12.0
1953-54 Minneapolis 13 28.8 .459 .861 5.6 1.3 4.00 10.2
1954-55 Minneapolis 7 29.9 .353 .783 11.1 1.9 5.10 13.7
1955-56 Minneapolis 3 30.0 .423 .900 5.7 0.7 4.70 13.3
1956-57 Minneapolis 5 32.4 .398 .647 8.6 3.4 5.80 17.6
1958-59 Minneapolis 13 28.5 .412 .767 7.2 1.8 4.20 15.5
Career   85 31.9 .396 .783 8.0 1.8 4.70 13.4

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