NBL (United States) Most Valuable Player Award

National Basketball League awards and honors

Championship
Individual awards

* Coach of the Year
* Most Valuable Player

* Rookie of the Year

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Honors

* All-NBL Team

* Scoring leaders

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The National Basketball League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) was an annual National Basketball League (NBL) award given to the best performing player of the regular season in each of the twelve years the league existed. The MVP was selected by sports writers, broadcasters, coaches, and managers.[1][2]

## Winners

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George Mikan took home the MVP in 1947–48. *  | Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

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†  | Denotes player whose team won championship that year
Player (X)  | Denotes the number of times the player had been named MVP at that time
Team (X)  | Denotes the number of times a player from this team had won at that time
Season  | Player  | Position  | Team

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1937–38 | Leroy Edwards | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars
1938–39 | Leroy Edwards (2)  | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars (2)
1939–40 | Leroy Edwards (3)  | Center | Oshkosh All-Stars (3)
1940–41 | Ben Stephens | Guard / forward | Akron Goodyear Wingfoots
1941–42 | Chuck Chuckovits | Guard / forward | Toledo Jim White Chevrolets
1942–43 | Bobby McDermott*  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons
1943–44†  | Bobby McDermott* (2)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (2)
1944–45†  | Bobby McDermott* (3)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (3)
1945–46 | Bobby McDermott* (4)  | Guard | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons (4)
1946–47 | Bob Davies*  | Guard | Rochester Royals
1947–48†  | George Mikan*  | Center | Minneapolis Lakers
1948–49 | Don Otten | Center | Tri-Cities Blackhawks

## See also

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* NBA Most Valuable Player Award

## References

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General

* "NBL – Most Valuable Player Award Winners". basketball-reference.com. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

Specific

1. ^ "Mikan Breaks Records; Named Most Valuable". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 4, 1948. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
2. ^ Associated Press (March 26, 1949). "Otten of Tri-Cities Named Top Player in National League". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

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National Basketball League (United States) Most Valuable Player Award

* 1938: Edwards
* 1939: Edwards
* 1940: Edwards
* 1941: Stephens
* 1942: Chuckovits
* 1943: McDermott
* 1944: McDermott
* 1945: McDermott
* 1946: McDermott
* 1947: Davies
* 1948: Mikan
* 1949: Otten

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