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  1.                                  George played nine years 
  2.                                  of professional basketball,
  3.                                  averaging 22.6 points per 
  4.                                  game. He led the 
  5.                                  Minneapolis Lakers to five 
  6. championships between 1949 and 1954. 
  7. GeorgeΓÇÖs Lakers were the NBAΓÇÖs first
  8. dynasty. In 1950, an Associated Press poll
  9. named George ΓÇ£the greatest basketball
  10. player of the first half of the century."
  11.  
  12. George retired from pro basketball when he 
  13. was just 29 years old. He tried a comeback
  14. in 1955-56 after sitting out a season, but
  15. then retired for good. He coached the Lakers
  16. for part of a season and was the first 
  17. commissioner of the American Basketball 
  18. Association.