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Arnie Risen

American basketball player (1924–2012)

PersonDied aged 87humanQ2731878

Also known as Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen

Born: October 9, 1924
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: August 4, 2012
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1.“Hall of Fame basketball player Arnie Risen dies at age 87|USATODAY.com”usatoday.com/sports/basketball/story/2012-08-05/hall-of-fame-arnie-risen-dead-age-87/56809392/1
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Birthplace: Williamstown
Place of death: Beachwood
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: basketball player
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1.Stated in RealGMRetrieved 2022-04-04
2.Stated in nasljerseys.comRetrieved 2025-07-18
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Education: Ohio State University
Height: 206 cm
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1.Stated in Basketball ReferenceRetrieved 2017-02-05
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Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen was an American professional basketball player.

10 seasons · from AIDB's NBA dataset

Season	Team	G	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%	PPG	RPG	APG
1948–49	ROC	60	—	995	—	100	42.300	66.000	16.6	—	1.7
1949–50	ROC	62	—	625	—	92	34.400	66.400	10.1	—	1.5
1950–51	ROC	66	—	1,077	795	158	40.100	73.400	16.3	12.0	2.4
1951–52	ROC	66	2,396	1,032	841	150	39.400	70.100	15.6	12.7	2.3
1952–53	ROC	68	2,288	884	745	135	36.800	68.500	13.0	11.0	2.0
1953–54	ROC	72	2,385	949	728	120	36.800	71.400	13.2	10.1	1.7
1954–55	ROC	69	1,970	797	703	112	37.100	74.400	11.6	10.2	1.6
1955–56	BOS	68	1,597	548	553	88	38.300	70.800	8.1	8.1	1.3
1956–57	BOS	43	935	344	286	53	38.800	67.900	8.0	6.7	1.2
1957–58	BOS	63	1,119	382	360	50	33.800	68.300	6.1	5.7	0.8
Career		637	12,690	7,633	5,011	1,058	.381	.699	12.0	7.9	1.7

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Indianapolis Jets
Boston Celtics
Eastern Kentucky Colonels men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Position played on team / speciality: center
Sport: basketball
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1.Stated in National Basketball AssociationRetrieved 2022-04-23
2.Stated in nasljerseys.comRetrieved 2025-07-18
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Given name: Arnie
Mass: 200 lb
Country for sport: United States
Family name: Risen
End of work period: 1958
Start of work period: 1945
League: National Basketball Association
Continental Basketball Association
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1.Stated in nasljerseys.comRetrieved 2025-07-18
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Native language: English
Place of burial: Williamstown Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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16 identifiers linking Arnie Risen across the web's reference databases

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