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| Position: | Center |
| League: | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Full name: | Arnold Denny Risen |
| Born: | August 9, 1924 Williamstown, Kentucky |
| Died: | August 4, 2012 (aged 87) Beachwood, Ohio |
| Nationality: |  American
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| Physical stats | |
| Listed height: | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight: | 200 lbs (91 kg) |
| National Basketball Association career | |
| Debut: 1949 for the Rochester Royals | |
| Final season: 1958 for the Boston Celtics | |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Williamstown (Williamstown, Kentucky) |
| College: | Eastern Kentucky (1942–1943) Ohio State (1943–1945) |
| Playing career: | 1945–1958 (13 years) |
| Career history | |
| 1945–1948 | Indianapolis Kautskys |
| 1949–1955 | Rochester Royals |
| 1955–1958 | Boston Celtics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| NBA career playing statistics | |
| Points: | 17,770 (12.0 PPG) |
| Rebounds: | 9,383 (9.7 RPG) |
| Assists: | 1,853 (1.7 APG) |
| Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball–Reference.com | |
| Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 1998) | |
| College Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted in 2006) | |
Arnold Denny "Stilts" Risen (August 9, 1924 – August 4, 2012) was an American professional basketball player.
A 6'9" (2.06 m) Center, he led the Ohio State University Buckeyes to two straight Final Four appearances. Risen had transferred to Ohio State from Eastern Kentucky State Teacher's College.
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 NBA career. He was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, Ohio State's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame in 2004, the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006, and the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Because he settled in Beachwood, Ohio, after his professional career, he was also inducted into the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Risen died in Beachwood on August 4, 2012, at the age of 87.
BAA/NBA career statistics[]
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Won an NBA championship | * | Led the league | ||
Regular season[]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |