:Don Carlson

{{Short description|American basketball player (1919–2004)}}

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{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Don Carlson

| image = Don Carlson 1948.jpg

| width =

| caption = Carlson in 1948

| position = Guard / forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 170

| number = 15

| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|03|22}}

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2004|10|16|1919|3|22}}

| nationality = American

| high_school = Edison (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

| college = {{nowrap|Minnesota (1940–1942, 1945–1946)}}

| career_start = 1946

| career_end = 1951

| years1 = 1946–1947

| team1 = Chicago Stags

| years2 = 1947–1951

| team2 = Minneapolis Lakers

| years3 = 1950–1951

| team3 = Baltimore Bullets

| highlights =

• 2× BAA/NBA champion (1949, 1950)
• NBL champion (1948)

}}

Donald Vernon Carlson (March 22, 1919 – October 16, 2004)Social Security Death Index was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m|adj=on}} guard/forward from the University of Minnesota, Carlson played four seasons (1946–1947; 1948–1951) in the Basketball Association of America/National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Stags, Minneapolis Lakers, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 8.0 points per game in his NBA career and won two championships with the Lakers. He also played one season in the National Basketball League. After his playing days, he was a coach and athletic director at Columbia Heights High School in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.

Carlson died in 2004.[http://projects.latimes.com/lakers/player/don-carlson/ Don Carlson]