George Mikan

Books

Great Athletes. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 2001.

Hickok, Ralph. A Who's Who of Sports Champions: Their Stories and Records. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Hollander, Zander, ed. The Modern Encyclopedia of Basketball. 2d ed. rev. New York: Dolphin Books, 1979.

Jares, Joe. Basketball: The American Game. Chicago: Follett Publishing, 1971.

Joyce, Dick. "George Mikan: Basketball Revolutionist." In The Sports Immortals, edited by Will Grimsley. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1972.

Mendell, Ronald L. Who's Who in Basketball. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1973.

Nelson, Murray R. "George Lawrence Mikan, Jr." In The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Sports Figures, Volume 2, edited by Arnold Markoe. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002.

Pepe, Phil. Greatest Stars of the NBA. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

Periodicals

Barreiro, Dan. "Before Wilt, Kareem and Shaq, There was Mikan." Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (December 23, 1999).

Barreiro, Dan. "Mikan Hanging Tough, Despite Diabetes." Minneapolis-St. Paul Tribune (April 6, 2001).

"The Battle of Baskets." Time (February 14, 1949): 73-74.

Fay, Bill. "Inside Sports." Collier's (December 25, 1948): 42.

Fimrite, Ron. "Big George." Sports Illustrated (November 6, 1989): 128-139.

"George Mikan." Sports Illustrated (August 22, 1994): 52.

Hartman, Sid. "A Great Career had Rough Start." Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (April 8, 2001): C3.

Hartman, Sid. "Remembering the George Mikan Era." Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune (April 6, 2001).

Springer, Steve. "Lakers Neglect Roots." Los Angeles Times (October 29, 2001): pt. 4, p. 1.

Tulumellos, Mike. "Basketball's Babe Ruth Carried Infant NBA." East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) (June 15, 2001).

Wolf, Bob. "NBA Champs: Era of Excellence Minneapolis Lakers (1948-55)." Los Angeles Times (June 15, 2002).

Other

Lakers Web.com. http://www.lakersweb.com/players/georgemikan.shtml/ (October 31, 2002)

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Mikan.htm/ (October 31, 2002)

NBA Legends. http://www.nba.com/history/players/mikan_bio.html. (October 31, 2002)