Arnie Risen
Personal information | |
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Born | Williamstown, Kentucky,U.S. | October 9, 1924
Died | August 4, 2012 Beachwood, Ohio,U.S. | (aged 87)
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Williamstown (Williamstown, Kentucky) |
College |
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Playing career | 1945–1958 |
Position | Center |
Number | 14, 19 |
Career history | |
1945–1948 | Indianapolis Kautskys |
1948–1955 | Rochester Royals |
1955–1958 | Boston Celtics |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 7,633 |
Rebounds | 5,011 |
Assists | 1,058 |
Stats at NBA.com | |
Statsat Basketball-Reference.com | |
Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Arnold Denny"Stilts"Risen(October 9, 1924 – August 4, 2012) was an American professionalbasketballplayer.
A 6'9 "(2.06 m)center,he led theOhio State UniversityBuckeyesto two straightFinal Fourappearances. Risen had transferred to Ohio State fromEastern Kentucky State Teacher's College.[1]
Risen played professionally in theNBAfor ten seasons (1948–1958) as a member of theRochester RoyalsandBoston Celtics.Risen was a four-timeAll-Starand two-timeNBA Champion,and he scored 7,633 points in his NBA career. He was elected to theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famein 1998, Ohio State'sVarsity "O" Hall of Famein 2004, theCollege Basketball Hall of Famein 2006, and the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Because he settled inBeachwood, Ohio,after his professional career, he was also inducted into theGreater Cleveland Sports Hall of Famein 2008.
Risen died in Beachwood on August 4, 2012, at the age of 87.[2]
BAA/NBA career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goalpercentage | 3P% | 3-point field goalpercentage | FT% | Free throwpercentage |
RPG | Reboundsper game | APG | Assistsper game | SPG | Stealsper game |
BPG | Blocksper game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Won anNBA championship | * | Led the league |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1948–49 | Rochester | 60 | – | .423* | .660 | – | 1.7 | 16.6 |
1949–50 | Rochester | 62 | – | .344 | .664 | – | 1.5 | 10.1 |
1950–51† | Rochester | 66 | – | .401 | .734 | 12.0 | 2.4 | 16.3 |
1951–52 | Rochester | 66 | 36.3 | .394 | .701 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 15.6 |
1952–53 | Rochester | 68 | 33.6 | .368 | .685 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 |
1953–54 | Rochester | 72 | 33.1 | .368 | .714 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 13.2 |
1954–55 | Rochester | 69 | 28.6 | .371 | .744 | 10.2 | 1.6 | 11.6 |
1955–56 | Boston | 68 | 23.5 | .383 | .708 | 8.1 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
1956–57† | Boston | 43 | 21.7 | .388 | .679 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 8.0 |
1957–58 | Boston | 63 | 17.8 | .338 | .683 | 5.7 | 0.8 | 6.1 |
Career | 637 | 28.3 | .381 | .699 | 9.7 | 1.7 | 12.0 | |
All-Star | 3 | 19.3 | .375 | .200 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 6.3 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
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1949 | Rochester | 4 | – | .415 | .667 | – | 2.5 | 16.5 |
1950 | Rochester | 2 | – | .368 | .600 | – | 2.0 | 11.5 |
1951† | Rochester | 14 | – | .389 | .644 | 14.0 | 2.4 | 19.5 |
1952 | Rochester | 6 | 38.2 | .407 | .700 | 12.5 | 1.5 | 15.7 |
1953 | Rochester | 3 | 36.3 | .289 | .708 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 13.0 |
1954 | Rochester | 6 | 33.3 | .418 | .750 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 14.8 |
1955 | Rochester | 3 | 25.7 | .447 | .737 | 12.3 | 1.7 | 16.0 |
1956 | Boston | 3 | 29.3 | .353 | .722 | 14.7 | 0.7 | 12.3 |
1957† | Boston | 10 | 15.2 | .444 | .655 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
1958 | Boston | 10 | 16.8 | .231 | .667 | 6.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 |
Career | 61 | 25.0 | .385 | .677 | 10.2 | 1.4 | 13.0 |
References
[edit]- ^"Arnie Risen".Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame.2008.
- ^Klemko, Robert; Ahern, Gerry (August 5, 2012),"Hall of Fame basketball player Arnie Risen dies at age 87",USA Today
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information fromNBA.com andBasketball-Reference.com
- Risen's Basketball Hall of Fame page
- 1924 births
- 2012 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players from Kentucky
- Boston Celtics players
- Centers (basketball)
- Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball players
- Indianapolis Kautskys players
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- NBA All-Stars
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball players
- People from Williamstown, Kentucky
- Rochester Royals players
- Sportspeople from the Cincinnati metropolitan area