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Arnie Risen

“Stilts”

Career (regular season)

GP
637
PTS
12.0
REB
9.7
AST
1.7

Personal details

Position
Center
Height and weight
2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) · 91 kg (201 lb)
Born
October 9, 1924
Died
† August 4, 2012 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Williamstown, Estados Unidos
School / club
Ohio State
Draft
Undrafted
NBA career
1948-1957 · 10 seasons

Stats

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Regular season

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1948-49 ROC 60 995 — 100 — — — — 42.3 — 66.0
1949-50 ROC 62 625 — 92 — — — — 34.4 — 66.4
1950-51 ROC 66 1,077 795 158 — — — — 40.1 — 73.4
1951-52 ROC 66 1,032 841 150 2,396 — — — 39.4 — 70.1
1952-53 ROC 68 884 745 135 2,288 — — — 36.8 — 68.5
1953-54 ROC 72 949 728 120 2,385 — — — 36.8 — 71.4
1954-55 ROC 69 797 703 112 1,970 — — — 37.1 — 74.4
1955-56 BOS 68 548 553 88 1,597 — — — 38.3 — 70.8
1956-57 BOS 43 344 286 53 935 — — — 38.8 — 67.9
1957-58 BOS 63 382 360 50 1,119 — — — 33.8 — 68.3
Career 637 7,633 5,011 1,058 12,690 — — — 38.1 — 69.9

Playoffs

Season Team GP PTS REB AST MIN STL BLK TOV FG% 3P% FT%
1948-49 ROC 4 66 — 10 — — — — 41.5 — 66.7
1949-50 ROC 2 23 — 4 — — — — 36.8 — 60.0
1950-51 ROC 14 273 196 33 — — — — 38.9 — 64.4
1951-52 ROC 6 94 75 9 229 — — — 40.7 — 70.0
1952-53 ROC 3 39 35 2 109 — — — 28.9 — 70.8
1953-54 ROC 6 89 54 4 200 — — — 41.8 — 75.0
1954-55 ROC 3 48 37 5 77 — — — 44.7 — 73.7
1955-56 BOS 3 37 44 2 88 — — — 35.3 — 72.2
1956-57 BOS 10 75 58 8 152 — — — 44.4 — 65.5
1957-58 BOS 10 46 62 9 168 — — — 23.1 — 66.7
Career 61 790 561 86 1,023 — — — 38.5 — 67.7

Awards and titles

  • Hall of Fame: 1998 (as a player)
  • NBA champion (2): 1950-51, 1956-57
  • All-NBA Second Team: 1948-49
  • Field goal percentage leader: 1948-49
  • All-Star (4): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955

Championship rings (2)

  • 19511950-51

    Rochester Royals

  • Drawing of the Boston Celtics championship ring, 1956-5719571956-57

    Maker: Koch

    Anillo de oro de 10 quilates con el punzón «KOCH 10K» (ejemplar del preparador Jock Semple, según la casa de subastas). El primero de los 11 anillos de Bill Russell se vendió por 705.000 dólares en 2021.

    Description source

    Boston Celtics

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Transactions

  1. · Trade

    The Rochester Royals sold the player rights to Arnie Risen to the Boston Celtics.

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