Minneapolis Lakers 1956-57 Roster - Season and Playoffs

Full list of players that played for the Minneapolis Lakers in the 1956-57 NBA Regular Season and the 1957 NBA Playoffs with their jersey number, position, height, birthdate, draft information, games played and some basic stats.

The Minneapolis Lakers used 13 players in the 1956-57 Regular Season and 11 in the 1957 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 1957, ordered by games played and then alphabetically.

Regular Season: 34-38 (.472), 2nd in Western Division
Playoffs: 2-3 (.400), Lost West Div Finals

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
16	Dick Garmaker Guard / Forward 6-3 born Oct. 29, 1932 drafted with a territorial pick in 1955 (by the Lakers)	72 games 16.3 pts 4.7 reb 2.6 ast	5 games 13.0 pts 7.0 reb 3.4 ast
21	Slick Leonard Guard 6-3 born Jul. 17, 1932 drafted 10th in 1954 (by the Bullets (1st))	72 games 11.0 pts 3.1 reb 2.3 ast	5 games 21.4 pts 6.0 reb 7.6 ast
18	Chuck Mencel Guard 6-0 born Apr. 21, 1933 drafted 12th in 1955 (by the Lakers)	72 games 9.2 pts 3.3 reb 2.8 ast	5 games 5.0 pts 2.6 reb 1.2 ast
19	Vern Mikkelsen Forward / Center 6-7 born Oct. 21, 1928 drafted with a territorial pick in 1949 (by the Lakers)	72 games 13.7 pts 8.8 reb 1.7 ast	5 games 17.6 pts 8.6 reb 3.4 ast
24	Walter Dukes Center 7-0 born Jun. 23, 1930 drafted with a territorial pick in 1953 (by the Knicks)	71 games 10.1 pts 11.2 reb 0.8 ast	5 games 13.6 pts 14.8 reb 1.0 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
11	Jim Paxson, Sr. Forward / Guard 6-6 born Dec. 19, 1932 drafted 3rd in 1956 (by the Lakers)	71 games 6.3 pts 3.7 reb 1.2 ast	5 games 5.0 pts 2.8 reb 0.6 ast
15	Dick Schnittker Forward 6-5 born May. 27, 1928 drafted 4th in 1950 (by the Capitols)	70 games 5.5 pts 2.6 reb 0.7 ast	5 games 5.4 pts 2.4 reb 1.6 ast
34	Clyde Lovellette Center / Forward 6-9 born Sep. 7, 1929 drafted 9th in 1952 (by the Lakers)	69 games 20.8 pts 13.5 reb 2.0 ast	5 games 24.2 pts 9.4 reb 2.2 ast
23	Ed Kalafat Center / Forward 6-6 born Oct. 13, 1932 drafted 9th in 1954 (by the Lakers)	65 games 8.5 pts 6.5 reb 1.6 ast	5 games 12.6 pts 4.8 reb 1.8 ast
20	Whitey Skoog Guard 5-11 born Nov. 2, 1926 drafted with a territorial pick in 1951 (by the Lakers)	23 games 8.7 pts 3.1 reb 3.3 ast

Jersey	Player	Season	Playoffs
33	Bob Williams Forward 6-6 born May. 12, 1931	4 games 1.0 pts 1.3 reb 0.0 ast