Marvin "Mickey" Rottner (March 23, 1919 – September 21, 2011) was an American professional basketball player. He played three seasons of professional basketball in the years leading up to the formation of the National Basketball Association.
Rottner, a 5'10" guard from Tuley High School in Chicago, played collegiately at Loyola University in Chicago. He played for the Ramblers from 1939 to 1942 and was later named to the school's athletics hall of fame.[1]
Following his college career, Rottner played professionally, first in the National Basketball League (NBL) for the Sheboygan Red Skins in 1945–46. He averaged four points per game for the Red Skins as they made it all the way to the NBL finals, where they lost to the Rochester Royals.[2] Rottner then moved to the Basketball Association of America (BAA) to play for the Chicago Stags for two seasons. He averaged 5.4 points and 1.4 assists for the Stags in 100 games.[3]
^Loyola Mourns The Loss Of Mickey Rottner, accessed September 26, 2011
^'Mickey' Rottner, former Red Skins player, dies 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 26, 2011
^Mickey Rottner basketballreference.com profile, accessed September 26, 2011
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mickey, rottner, marvin, mickey, rottner, march, 1919, september, 2011, american, professional, basketball, player, played, three, seasons, professional, basketball, years, leading, formation, national, basketball, association, personal, informationborn, 1919,. Marvin Mickey Rottner March 23 1919 September 21 2011 was an American professional basketball player He played three seasons of professional basketball in the years leading up to the formation of the National Basketball Association Mickey RottnerPersonal informationBorn 1919 03 23 March 23 1919Chicago IllinoisDiedSeptember 21 2011 2011 09 21 aged 92 Chicago IllinoisNationalityAmericanListed height5 ft 10 in 1 78 m Listed weight180 lb 82 kg Career informationHigh schoolTuley Chicago Illinois CollegeLoyola Chicago 1939 1942 Playing career1942 1948PositionGuardNumber6Career history1945 1946Sheboygan Red Skins1946 1948Chicago StagsStats at NBA comStats at Basketball Reference com Rottner a 5 10 guard from Tuley High School in Chicago played collegiately at Loyola University in Chicago He played for the Ramblers from 1939 to 1942 and was later named to the school s athletics hall of fame 1 Following his college career Rottner played professionally first in the National Basketball League NBL for the Sheboygan Red Skins in 1945 46 He averaged four points per game for the Red Skins as they made it all the way to the NBL finals where they lost to the Rochester Royals 2 Rottner then moved to the Basketball Association of America BAA to play for the Chicago Stags for two seasons He averaged 5 4 points and 1 4 assists for the Stags in 100 games 3 Rottner died September 21 2011 Contents 1 BAA career statistics 1 1 Regular season 1 2 Playoffs 2 ReferencesBAA career statistics editLegend GP Games played FG Field goal percentage FT Free throw percentage APG Assists per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high Regular season edit Year Team GP FG FT APG PPG 1946 47 Chicago 56 290 544 1 7 7 6 1947 48 Chicago 44 288 324 1 0 2 7 Career 100 290 478 1 4 5 4 Playoffs edit Year Team GP FG FT APG PPG 1947 Chicago 10 116 250 3 1 1 1948 Chicago 4 200 333 5 1 8 Career 14 138 286 4 1 3References edit Loyola Mourns The Loss Of Mickey Rottner accessed September 26 2011 Mickey Rottner former Red Skins player dies Archived 2011 10 09 at the Wayback Machine accessed September 26 2011 Mickey Rottner basketballreference com profile accessed September 26 2011 nbsp This biographical article relating to a United States basketball player coach or other figure born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mickey Rottner amp oldid 1188177703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
