Dan Anderson (basketball, born 1943)

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Dan Anderson
Dan Anderson Augsburg.jpg
Anderson from the 1965 Augsburgian
Personal information
Born (1943-02-15) February 15, 1943 (age 81)
Crookston, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High schoolPortland (Portland, North Dakota)
College Augsburg (1961–1965)
NBA draft 1965: 12th round, 89th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career1967–1969
Position Center
Number20, 25
Career history
19671968 New Jersey Americans/New York Nets
1968–1969 Kentucky Colonels
1969 Minnesota Pipers
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Daniel W. Anderson (born February 15, 1943) is an American retired basketball player.

Born in Crookston, Minnesota, he played basketball at Portland ND high school and Augsburg College (now Augsburg University).

He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 89th pick overall of the 1965 NBA draft.

He played for the Goodyear Wingfoots AAU team in Akron, Ohio during the 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons.

He joined the American Basketball Association in its inaugural season and played for the New Jersey Americans (1967–68), New York Nets, Kentucky Colonels and Minnesota Pipers (1968–69) for a total of 140 games. [1]

In high school Anderson set a single season conference scoring record his senior year.

At Augsburg he set a state of Minnesota career scoring record for all colleges and universities in the state scoring 2052 points and was named player of the year in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference three times. The Auggies represented Minnesota in the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City in 1963 and 1965.

The Goodyear Wingfoots team he played on won the Intercontinental Cup in Europe in 1967 and the US AAU Championship that same year.

Anderson scored 41 points in his first professional game, which was also the Nets' first game as a franchise. He averaged 12.2 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game during his 140-game career.

After basketball Anderson became a successful businessman serving as president and later chairman of AdvisorNet Financial group for over 30 years. In 2015 he completed a 12-year term as a regent of Augsburg University, his alma mater.

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References

  1. "Dan Anderson". Basketball Reference. Retrieved August 27, 2007.