Dick Van Arsdale

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Dick Van Arsdale
Personal information
Born (1943-02-22) February 22, 1943 (age 81)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school Emmerich Manual
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
College Indiana (1962–1965)
NBA draft 1965 / Round: 2 / Pick: 10th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career 1965–1977
Position Guard / Small forward
Number 5
Career history
As player:
19651968 New York Knicks
19681977 Phoenix Suns
As coach:
1987 Phoenix Suns
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 15,079 (16.4 ppg)
Rebounds 3,807 (4.1 rpg)
Assists 3,057 (3.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Richard Albert "Dick" Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive. A graduate of Indianapolis Emmerich Manual High School, the 6'5" guard played collegiately at Indiana University, Van Arsdale was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the second round of the 1965 NBA Draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1966, together with his identical twin brother Tom Van Arsdale. Van Arsdale played in the NBA for 12 seasons; three with the Knickerbockers and the remainder with the Phoenix Suns (after he was selected in the 1968 expansion draft). Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star, was consistently over his career one of the best free throw shooters in the NBA. He retired from play in 1977. Van Arsdale is remembered in Phoenix basketball lore as the "original Sun".

Van Arsdale later became the team's general manager; he is currently the team's senior vice president of player personnel. In 1987, following the departure of John MacLeod, he briefly served as the team's head coach.

He is the identical twin brother of Tom Van Arsdale.

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