Minneapolis Lakers 1954-55 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1954-55 NBA Regular Season and the 1955 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Minneapolis Lakers used 14 players in the 1954-55 Regular Season and 12 in the 1955 Playoffs.

A total of 4 players from this roster played in 72 games, the season high for the Lakers.

Note: Here you have the complete list of players that played in at least 1 game in 1955, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 40-32 (.556), 2nd in Western Division
Playoffs: 3-4 (.429), Lost West Div Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Ed Kalafat Center / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 13, 1932 drafted 9th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	72 games 4.8 pts 4.4 reb 1.0 ast	7 games 1.0 pts 2.6 reb 0.0 ast
22	Slater Martin Guard 5-10 born Oct. 22, 1925	72 games 13.6 pts 3.6 reb 5.9 ast	7 games 13.7 pts 4.0 reb 4.4 ast
15	Dick Schnittker Forward 6-5 born May. 27, 1928 drafted 4th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	72 games 10.4 pts 4.8 reb 1.6 ast	7 games 7.6 pts 4.4 reb 1.0 ast
20	Whitey Skoog Guard 5-11 born Nov. 2, 1926 drafted with a territorial pick in 1951 (by the Lakers)	72 games 10.9 pts 4.2 reb 3.5 ast	7 games 13.0 pts 5.3 reb 2.3 ast
19	Vern Mikkelsen Forward / Center 6-7 born Oct. 21, 1928 drafted with a territorial pick in 1949 (by the Lakers)	71 games 18.7 pts 10.2 reb 2.0 ast	7 games 13.7 pts 11.1 reb 1.9 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
34	Clyde Lovellette Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 7, 1929 drafted 9th in 1952 (by the Lakers)	70 games 18.7 pts 11.5 reb 1.4 ast	7 games 16.7 pts 9.1 reb 0.4 ast
17	Jim Pollard Forward / Center 6-4 born Jul. 9, 1922 drafted in 1947 (by the Bombers)	63 games 10.8 pts 7.3 reb 2.5 ast	7 games 14.1 pts 11.1 reb 2.0 ast
12	Jim Holstein Forward / Guard 6-3 born Sep. 24, 1930 drafted in 1952 (by the Lakers)	62 games 4.5 pts 3.3 reb 0.9 ast	7 games 5.7 pts 4.3 reb 0.9 ast
	Bobby Watson Guard 6-0 born Mar. 22, 1930 drafted in 1952 (by the Hawks)	50 games 2.9 pts 1.3 reb 1.2 ast
18	Don Sunderlage Guard 6-1 born Dec. 20, 1929 drafted 9th in 1951 (by the Warriors)	45 games 2.5 pts 1.2 reb 0.8 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
18	Bob Carney Guard 6-3 born Aug. 3, 1932 drafted 47th in 1954 (by the Hawks)	19 games 3.6 pts 2.4 reb 0.8 ast	7 games 1.4 pts 0.7 reb 0.4 ast
11	Lew Hitch Forward / Center 6-8 born Jul. 16, 1929 drafted 19th in 1951 (by the Lakers)	17 games 5.8 pts 5.5 reb 1.4 ast	7 games 7.9 pts 6.0 reb 1.4 ast