1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Roster

National Basketball League (NBL)
Team Record: 43-17
Finishing 1st in the NBL's West Division
Won Championship
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Statistics
1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers Results

The Minneapolis Lakers of the National Basketball League ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 43 wins and 17 losses, finishing first in the NBL's West Division.

Minneapolis scored 3,843 points and yielded 3,395. George Mikan scored a team-leading 1,195 points for the Lakers, and Jim Pollard averaged 10 or more per game, too. The 1947-48 Minneapolis Lakers won the Championship.

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Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
Warren Ajax	F-C	May 12, 1921	6'2"	170	Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN USA
Don Carlson	G-F	March 22, 1919	6'0"	170	Minnesota	, MN USA
Theodore Cook	G	February 6, 1922	6'0"	160	Alabama	Birmingham, AL USA
William Durkee	G-F		6'3"	205	California	(ht) San Mateo, CA USA
Jack Dwan	F-G	May 3, 1921	6'4"	195	Loyola (IL)
Kenneth Exel	G	September 12, 1920	6'1"	178	Minnesota
Robert Gerber	C-F		6'4"	218	Toledo
Tony Jaros	F-G	February 21, 1920	6'3"	180	Minnesota
Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	December 28, 1921	6'2"	180	DePaul	Chicago, IL USA
George Mikan	C	June 18, 1924	6'10"	230	DePaul	Joliet, IL USA
Paul Napolitano	F-G	February 3, 1923	6'2"	185	San Francisco
Joe Patanelli	F	September 18, 1919	6'3"	205	Indiana?
Jim Pollard	F-C-G	July 9, 1922	6'3"	185	Stanford	Oakland, CA USA
Jack Rocker	C-F	August 12, 1922	6'5"	185	California
Herm Schaefer	G-F	December 20, 1919	6'0"	175	Indiana	Fort Wayne, IN USA
Don Smith	G-F	July 27, 1920	6'2"	190	Minnesota