Mark Landsberger

Mark Landsberger

No. 54
Power forward / center
Personal information
Date of birth	May 21, 1955 (1955-05-21) (age 56)
Place of birth	Minot, North Dakota
Nationality	American
High school	Mounds View (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
College	Allan Hancock College (1973–1974) Minnesota (1974–1975) Arizona State (1976–1977)
NBA Draft	1977 / Round: 2 / Pick: 35th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Pro career	1977–1993
Career history
1977–1980	Chicago Bulls
1980–1983	Los Angeles Lakers
1983–1984	Atlanta Hawks
1984–1988	Fulgor Libertas Forlì (Italy)
1988–1989	Panionios (Greece)
1989–1991	RB Montecatini Terme (Italy)
1991–1992	CB Collado Villalba (Spain)
1992–1993	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR) (Argentina)
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (1980, 1982)
Career NBA statistics
Points	2,468 (5.6 ppg)
Rebounds	2,681 (6.1 rpg)
Assists	236 (0.5 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Mark Walter Landsberger (born May 21, 1955 in Minot, North Dakota) is a retired American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 225 pounds, he played as a power forward and center.

Career

Landsberger attended Mounds View High School (Arden Hills, Minnesota) where he graduated in 1973 after leading the Mustangs to the 1972 AA State Championship as a junior.^[1] In his senior campaign, he averaged 26.1 points per game,^[2] and led the Mustangs back to the state tournament and the consolation championship. Over his high school varsity career, he scored 1,290 points and grabbed 910 rebounds.^[2]

Landsberger then attended Allan Hancock College, where he was the California junior college player of the year,^[3] the University of Minnesota, and Arizona State University. At ASU, he set school records for most rebounds in a game (27) and highest rebounds-per game average in a season (14.4).^[4] After college, he was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 1977 NBA Draft.^[5] He appeared in 196 games for the Bulls from 1977 to 1980, averaging 7.4 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game.^[6] On January 28, 1979, Landsberger grabbed 29 rebounds in a game against the Denver Nuggets. At the time, this was the third-highest single-game rebounding total in Chicago Bulls history.^[7] That season, Landsberger ranked seventh in the league in total offensive rebounds, with 292.^[8]

On February 13, 1980, the Bulls traded Landsberger to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Oliver Mack and two second round draft choices.^[9] Landsberger remained in Los Angeles until 1983. Playing behind future hall-of-famers like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, and Magic Johnson, he never averaged more than 5.7 points or 5.5 rebounds in a single season with the Lakers. However, he won NBA Championship rings as a reserve in 1980 and 1982.^[5]

Landsberger spent the 1983-84 NBA season with the Atlanta Hawks. He averaged 1.5 points and 3.5 rebounds in 35 games. This was his last season in the NBA, and he ended his NBA career with 2,468 total points and 2,681 total rebounds.^[5] He played professionally in Europe until the 1990s.^[10] Among the highlights of his European career was a 34 rebound game while playing for RB Montecatini Terme in Italy in 1990.^[11] That performance set a record for most rebounds in an Italian league game.^[12] Landsberger also set Greek league records for most rebounds in a game (37) and highest rebounds-per-game average for a season (17.9).^{[citation needed]}

Notes

1. ^ David La Vaque. "Mustangs man 38 years in the making ; Mounds View boys' basketball coach Ziggy Kauls will enter his 39th season of coaching as a Hall of Fame member". Star Tribune. October 26, 2005. 1N.
2. ^ ^{a b} Mounds View High School Basketball Program. 2010. Retrieved on October 16, 2011.
3. ^ "Landsberger stars as Minnesota wins". The Milwaukee Journal. January 21, 1975. 8.
4. ^ Arizona State men's basetball media guide. 2006. pages 147-148.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Jan Hubbard, et al. The Official NBA Encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday, 2000
6. ^ Alex Sachare. The Chicago Bulls Encyclopedia. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1999.
7. ^ K.C. Johnson. "Performance a grabber". Chicago Tribune. December 16, 2006.
8. ^ Mark Landsberger. basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on October 16, 2011.
9. ^ Chicago Bulls All-Time Transactions. NBA.com. Retrieved on December 27, 2006.
10. ^ Sam Smith. "Johnson leads rookie race". Austin-American Statesman. April 12, 1992.
11. ^ Lega A profile. legabasket.it. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.
12. ^ "Basket Story intervista: Mark Landsberger". BasketNet. January 22, 2011. Retrieved on October 17, 2011.

External links

• NBA career statistics at basketball-reference.com
• Crowe, Jerry (May 7, 2011), "Mark Landsberger, immortalized by Dr. J, played in 'Showtime' Lakers' background", The Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-crowe-20110508,0,910776,full.column 

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Name	Landsberger, Mark
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Date of birth	May 21, 1955
Place of birth	Minot, North Dakota
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