Dan Anderson (basketball, born 1943)

For the Portland Trail Blazers player, see Dan Anderson (basketball, born 1951).

Dan Anderson

Anderson from the 1965 Augsburgian
Personal information
Born	(1943-02-15) February 15, 1943 Crookston, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Portland (Portland, North Dakota)
College	Augsburg (1961–1965)
NBA draft	1965: 12th round, 89th overall pick
Selected by the Philadelphia 76ers
Playing career	1967–1969
Position	Center
Number	20, 25
Career history
1967–1968	New Jersey Americans/New York Nets
1968–1969	Kentucky Colonels
1969	Minnesota Pipers
Stats at Basketball Reference

Daniel W. Anderson (born February 15, 1943) is an American retired basketball player.

Born in Crookston, Minnesota, he played high school basketball at Portland ND high school and collegiately for Augsburg College(now Augsburg University).

He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 89th pick overall of the 1965 NBA draft.

He played for the Goodyear Wingfoots AAU team in Akron, Ohio during the 1965-66 and 1966-67 seasons.

He joined the American Basketball Association in its inaugural season and played for the New Jersey Americans (1967–68), New York Nets, Kentucky Colonels and Minnesota Pipers (1968–69) for a total of 140 games.

In high school Anderson set a single season conference scoring record his senior year.

At Augsburg he set a state of Minnesota career scoring record for all colleges and universities in the state scoring 2052 points and was named player of the year in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference three times. The Auggies represented Minnesota in the NAIA National Tournament in Kansas City in 1963 and 1965.

The Goodyear Wingfoots team he played on won the Intercontinental Cup in Europe in 1967 and the US AAU Championship that same year.

Anderson scored 41 points in his first professional game, which was also the Nets' first game as a franchise. He averaged 12.2 points per game and 9.4 rebounds per game during his 140 game career.

After basketball Anderson became a successful businessman serving as president and later chairman of AdvisorNet Financial group for over 30 years.In 2015 he completed a 12 year term as a regent of Augsburg University, his alma mater.