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324:Morton East
320:Jim Vopicka
116:(1937–1940)
99:High school
1361:Categories
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1288:First Team
1035:References
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369:Statistics
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1245:NBL stats
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276:Minnesota
259:in 1935.
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166:1945–1946
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124:1940–1948
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