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Dr. Erling S. Platou was an American standout college basketball player at the University of Minnesota and later a pediatrician at the University of Minnesota Medical Center.As a guard on the basketball team Platou led the 1918–19 Golden Gophers to an undefeated season (13–0 overall 10–0 conference) by averaging a then-remarkable 11.6 points per game.