MAMA Class of 1992

RANDY BREUER

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In recognition of his mediocre contribution to Minnesota sports


RANDY BREUER

is hereby inducted into the

Minnesota Assembly of Mediocre Athletes Hall of Fame

on this 29th day of February, 1992

For more than a decade, Randy was recognized as the "big man" in Minnesota basketball. Starting with his days as a Gopher in the early eighties, Randy came to symbolize the "tall, skinny white-guy" to a generation of Minnesotans. While his days as a Gopher will be remembered for a record-setting career in which he led the team to a Big 10 championship, his days as a Timberwolf were renowned mostly as a local-interest attraction on a struggling expansion team.

Biography

Highlights:
Minnesota "Mr.Basketball" in 1979
University of Minnesota "Male Athlete of the Year" in 1983
81-39 career record during his 4 years with the Gophers, including a Big Ten championship in 1982.
Randy left the Gophers as their second all-time leading scorer.
Randy is still ranked as the #10 shot-blocker in Big Ten History

Lowlights:
Compiled a 66-180 record in 3 years with the expansion Timberwolves
7'3" frame was offset in the NBA by his 5" vertical leaping ability.
Never emerged beyond role-player status during his NBA career. His shooting touch seemed to worsen over the years, as evidenced by his decreasing FT% numbers.

Mediumlights:
Randy's first year with the T-Wolves was the first year he was not involved in post season play
According to this analysis, Randy was one of the few NBA big-men to significantly reduce his fouls per game over the years.
Randy was recently surpassed as Lakeville High School's all-time leading scorer.

Personal:
As a youngster Randy was in 4-H and spent lots of time with livestock. He is a 1983 Agriculture Business graduate of the University of Minnesota and has spent 30 years living on a farm. Randy is currently retired from his eleven-year career in the NBA. He and his wife live in Eden Prairie where they own an insurance company and Randy coaches youth basketball teams. They have three children, Kevin, Chris, and Kelly. Additional members of their family include their three dogs, two Dobermans and a German short haired pointer.

Randy was raised on a 480 acre dairy farm in Southeastern Minnesota. He currently owns 80 of these original acres which he rents to a local farmer. He returns to the farm each spring and fall for planting and harvesting.


Minnesota Statistics

Born: Oct 11, 1960 Lake City, Minnesota
Ht: 7'3" Wt: 258
Gopher (College) Statistics
Year G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1979-80 31 496 240 7.7 96 172 .558 48 74 .649 0 0 .000 98 3.2 17 0.5 10 16 ?
1980-81 30 1050 457 15.2 180 313 .575 97 141 .688 0 0 .000 166 5.5 52 1.7 26 49 61
1981-82 29 1022 487 16.8 180 325 .554 127 168 .756 0 0 .000 209 7.2 56 1.9 22 76 54
1982-83 29 1067 593 20.4 225 384 .586 143 186 .769 0 0 .000 257 8.9 49 1.7 21 87 61
TOTALS 119 3635 1777 14.9 681 1194 .570 415 569 .729 0 0 .000 730 6.1 174 1.5 79 228 176+


Timberwolf (Pro) Statistics
Year G Min Pts PPG FGM FGA FGP FTM FTA FTP 3PM 3PA 3PP REB RPG AST APG STL BLK TO
1989-90 81 1879 722 8.9 298 696 .428 126 193 .653 0 1 .000 417 5.1 97 1.2 42 108 96
1990-91 73 1505 429 5.9 197 435 .453 35 79 .443 0 0 .000 345 4.7 73 1.0 35 80 69
1991-92 67 1176 363 5.4 161 344 .468 41 77 .532 0 1 .000 281 4.2 89 1.3 27 99 41
TOTALS 221 4560 1514 6.9 656 1475 .445 202 349 .579 0 2 .000 1043 4.7 259 1.2 104 287 206

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