George Mikan Statue

Broadway at Ingalls Ave.
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Here's something for the basketball fans traveling Route 66. Crest Hill honors a local boy who grew up to become a famous player of the sport. Located on the east side of Broadway in a small park at Ingalls Ave.& Broadway. The statue was dedicated June 2006.

The Friends of Community Public Art commissioned this statue. The lead artist was David Standifer. It's a big statute at 7 feet 10 inches tall, a foot taller than Mikan himself. But that's fitting because he was bigger than life as a basketball player for DePaul University and later for the Minneapolis (MN) Lakers. He led the Lakers to five national championships. In 1996 he was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

His boyhood home is a few blocks north at 2001 Broadway St. in Crest Hill.

Photo(s): 2016