Minneapolis Lakers 1955-56 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1955-56 NBA Regular Season and the 1956 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 1955-56 Regular Season and 11 in the 1956 Playoffs.

A total of 5 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 1956, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 33-39 (.458), 2nd in Western Division
Playoffs: 1-2 (.333), Lost West Div Semis

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
23	Ed Kalafat Center / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 13, 1932 drafted 9th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	72 games 8.0 pts 6.1 reb 1.8 ast	3 games 11.0 pts 7.0 reb 0.7 ast
22	Slater Martin Guard 5-10 born Oct. 22, 1925	72 games 13.2 pts 3.6 reb 6.2 ast	3 games 18.0 pts 2.3 reb 5.0 ast
19	Vern Mikkelsen Forward / Center 6-7 born Oct. 21, 1928 drafted with a territorial pick in 1949 (by the Lakers)	72 games 13.4 pts 8.4 reb 2.4 ast	3 games 13.3 pts 5.7 reb 0.7 ast
15	Dick Schnittker Forward 6-5 born May. 27, 1928 drafted 4th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	72 games 11.3 pts 4.1 reb 2.0 ast	3 games 14.3 pts 5.0 reb 1.7 ast
20	Whitey Skoog Guard 5-11 born Nov. 2, 1926 drafted with a territorial pick in 1951 (by the Lakers)	72 games 11.6 pts 4.0 reb 3.5 ast	3 games 9.7 pts 6.0 reb 6.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
34	Clyde Lovellette Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 7, 1929 drafted 9th in 1952 (by the Lakers)	71 games 21.5 pts 14.0 reb 2.3 ast	3 games 19.0 pts 8.3 reb 2.0 ast
11	Lew Hitch Forward / Center 6-8 born Jul. 16, 1929 drafted 19th in 1951 (by the Lakers)	69 games 4.2 pts 4.1 reb 1.1 ast	3 games 5.0 pts 5.0 reb 0.7 ast
18	Chuck Mencel Guard 6-0 born Apr. 21, 1933 drafted 12th in 1955 (by the Lakers)	69 games 4.6 pts 1.6 reb 1.9 ast	3 games 8.7 pts 1.7 reb 2.7 ast
16	Dick Garmaker Guard / Forward 6-3 born Oct. 29, 1932 drafted 80th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	68 games 5.7 pts 1.9 reb 1.5 ast	3 games 10.0 pts 2.7 reb 3.7 ast
99	George Mikan Center 6-10 born Jun. 18, 1924	37 games 10.5 pts 8.3 reb 1.4 ast	3 games 12.0 pts 9.3 reb 1.7 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
33	Bob Williams Forward 6-6 born May. 12, 1931	20 games 3.3 pts 2.7 reb 0.4 ast
UN	Johnny Horan Forward 6-8 born Nov. 24, 1932 drafted 6th in 1955 (by the Pistons)	12 games 1.0 pts 0.5 reb 0.1 ast
22	Ron Feiereisel Guard 6-3 born Aug. 6, 1931 drafted in 1953 (by the Lakers)	10 games 3.0 pts 0.6 reb 0.6 ast