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Personal information
Born	October 9, 1924 (1924-10-09) (age 87) Williamstown, Kentucky
Nationality	American
High school	Williamstown (Kentucky)
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
College	Ohio State
Pro career	1945–1958
Career history
Indianapolis Kautskys (NBL) (1945–1948) Rochester Royals (1948–1955) Boston Celtics (1955–1958)
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA Champion (1951, 1957) 4× NBA All-Star (1952–1955) All-BAA Second Team (1949)
Career NBA statistics
Points	7,633
Rebounds	5,011
Assists	1,058
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Basketball Hall of Fame as player

Arnold D. Risen (born October 9, 1924 in Williamstown, Kentucky) is a retired American basketball player.

A 6'9" center from the Ohio State University, he led the Buckeyes to two straight Final Four appearances.

Risen played professionally in the NBA for ten seasons (1948–1958) as a member of the Rochester Royals and Boston Celtics. Risen was a four-time All-Star and two-time NBA Champion, and he scored 7,633 points in his career. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.

External links

Risen's Basketball Hall of Fame page
Career stats at basketball-reference.com

v t e Rochester Royals 1950–51 NBA Champions

3 Frank Saul 9 Bobby Wanzer 10 Jack Coleman 11 Bob Davies 12 Arnie Johnson 14 Arnie Risen 15 Paul Noel 16 Red Holzman 19 Bill Calhoun 20 Joe McNamee Head coach Lester Harrison

v t e Boston Celtics 1956–57 NBA Champions

6 Bill Russell 14 Bob Cousy 15 Tom Heinsohn 16 Jack Nichols 17 Andy Phillip 18 Jim Loscutoff 19 Arnie Risen 20 Dickie Hemric 21 Bill Sharman 23 Frank Ramsey 29 Lou Tsioropoulos Head coach Red Auerbach

Regular season • Playoffs

v t e National Basketball League (United States) All-Time Team

Jerry Bush Bob Carpenter Al Cervi Chuck Chuckovits Ed Dancker Bob Davies Leroy Edwards Gene Englund William "Pop" Gates George Glamack Buddy Jeannette Bobby McDermott† George Mikan Mike Novak Don Otten Mel Riebe Arnie Risen Charley Shipp Ben Stephens Mike Todorovich

† Special voting by the media selected Bobby McDermott as the NBL's all-time greatest player

v t e Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1998

Players	Larry Bird Marques Haynes Arnie Risen

Coach	Jody Conradt Alex Hannum Aleksandar Nikolić Lenny Wilkens

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Springfield, Massachusetts

Members

Coaches (86)

Allen Anderson Auerbach Auriemma Barmore Barry Blood Boeheim Brown Calhoun Cann Carlson Carnesecca Carnevale Carril Case Chancellor Chaney Conradt Crum Daly Dean Díaz-Miguel Diddle Drake Ferrándiz Gaines Gamba Gardner Gill Gomelsky Gunter Hannum Harshman Haskins Hickey Hobson Holzman Hurley Iba Jackson Julian Keaney Keogan Knight Krzyzewski Kundla Lambert Litwack Loeffler Lonborg Magee McCutchan A. McGuire F. McGuire Meanwell Meyer Miller Moore Nikolić Novosel Olson Ramsay Riley Rubini Rupp Rush Sachs Sharman Shelton Sloan Smith Stringer Summitt Taylor Thompson VanDerveer Wade Watts Wilkens Williams Winter Wooden Woolpert Wootten Yow

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as players

Contributors (58)

Players (149)

Guards	Archibald Beckman Belov Bing Blazejowski Borgmann Brennan Cervi Cooper-Dyke Cousy Davies Drexler Dumars Edwards Frazier Friedman Gervin Goodrich Greer Hanson Haynes Holman Hyatt Jeannette D. Johnson E. Johnson K. Jones S. Jones Jordan Lieberman Maravich Marcari Martin McDermott McGuire Meyers Monroe Mullin Murphy Page Petrović Robertson Roosma Russell Schommer Sedran Sharman Steinmetz Stockton Thomas Thompson Vandivier Wanzer West Wilkens Woodard Wooden

Forwards	Arizin Barkley Barry Baylor Bird Bradley Cunningham Curry Dalipagić Dantley DeBusschere Dehnert Endacott English Erving Foster Fulks Gale Gates Gola Hagan Havlicek Hawkins Hayes Heinsohn Howell G. Johnson Lucas Luisetti K. Malone B. McCracken J. McCracken McHale Mikkelsen Miller Pettit Phillip Pippen Pollard Ramsey Rodman Schayes Schmidt Stokes Thompson Twyman White Wilkins Worthy Yardley

Centers	Abdul-Jabbar Barlow Bellamy Chamberlain Cooper Ćosić Cowens Crawford DeBernardi Donovan Ewing Gallatin Gilmore Gruenig Harris-Stewart Houbregs Issel W. Johnson Johnston Krause Kurland Lanier Lovellette Lapchick Macauley M. Malone McAdoo Meneghin Mikan Murphy Olajuwon Parish Pereira Reed Risen Robinson Russell Sabonis Semjonova Thurmond Unseld Wachter Walton

Boldface indicates those who are also inducted as coaches

Referees (13)

Enright Hepbron Hoyt Kennedy Leith Mihalik Nucatola Quigley Rudolph Shirley Strom Tobey Walsh

Teams (8)

1960 United States Olympic Team 1992 United States Olympic Team Buffalo Germans The First Team Harlem Globetrotters New York Rens Original Celtics Texas Western

Awards

Website: http://www.hoophall.com/

Persondata
Name	Risen, Arnie
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	October 9, 1924
Place of birth	Williamstown, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death

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