One more trivia for today.

Sort of stumbled on to this just a few minutes ago.

Who was the first basketball player to be featured on a Wheaties Breakfast of Champions, cereal box?

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I know the answer and a hint is that it is a pretty good Celtics PG

Oh no swede. The answer is NOT a Celtic nor is it a point guard.

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MJ

Really? The answer I got was Cousy in '56.

But what do I know really

I saw Cousy-l956 too

Boy, I am really surprised at all of you, this one is a piece of cake, Greg Kite!

Well here is what I found as an answer. Remember the question was first basketball player NOT first NBA player!

A statue of George Mikan taking his trademark hook shot was dedicated at the Target Center in Minneapolis during a Timberwolves-laker game. In a bit of trivia...He was the first basketball player to appear on the Wheaties "breakfast of champions" cereal box.

from this site

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11081094

Here is a photo of the 1951 wheaties box





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And currently you can catch Kevin Garnett, along with Peyton Manning, Albert Pujols and two others (a triathlete and a decathlon champ) on boxes of Wheaties Fuel. Really good tasting cereal with some brown sugar and cinnamon in it.

I know Wheaties won't pay me for this product plug either...