# George Mikan

> George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). Invariably playing with thick, round spectacles, the 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), 245 lb (111 kg) Mikan was one of the pioneers of professional basketball. Through his size and play, he redefined basketball as a game dominated in his day by "big men". His prolific rebounding, shot blocking, and ability to shoot over smaller defenders with his ambidextrous hook shot all helped to change the game. He also used the underhanded free-throw shooting technique long before Rick Barry made it his signature shot.

*American basketball player, coach, commissioner*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-mikan

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1924-06-18
- **Died:** 2005-06-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 57.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #245

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://georgemikan.com/

## Sources
- [Džordžs Mikans](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEord%C5%BEs_Mikans)
- [جورج ميكان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [جورج ميكان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [George Mikan](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [Τζορτζ Μάικαν](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B6_%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD)
- [George Mikan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [جورج مایکن](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86)
- [George Mikan](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [George Mikan](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [ג'ורג' מייקן](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%9F)
- [George Mikan](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [Ջորջ Մայքեն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%B6)
- [George Mikan](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
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- [George Mikan](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [ジョージ・マイカン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3)
- [ჯორჯ მაიკენი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [Джордж Майкен](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [조지 마이컨](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%A8)
- [George Mikan](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikan)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314185)

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