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Paul Arizin

1928 - 2006

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Paul Joseph Arizin (April 9, 1928 – December 12, 2006), nicknamed "'Pitchin Paul", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named to the NBA's 25th, 50th and 75th anniversary teams. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Arizin is the 121st most popular basketball player (down from 84th in 2019), the 6,889th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,128th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Paul Arizin ranks 121 out of 1,757. Before him are Fat Lever, Steve Kerr, Jonas Kazlauskas, Willis Reed, Joann Lõssov, and Kevin Durant. After him are Velimir Perasović, Billy Evans, George Gervin, Heino Kruus, Don Nelson, and Alexander Belov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Paul Arizin ranks 385. Before him are Marian Seldes, Paul Dooley, Guy Bourdin, Nora Nova, Gudrun Pausewang, and Miroslav Filip. After him are Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Dezső Bundzsák, François Remetter, Germà Colón, Ann Blyth, and William Trevor. Among people deceased in 2006, Paul Arizin ranks 243. Before him are Leon Niemczyk, Lou Rawls, Pjetër Arbnori, Theodore Levitt, Runer Jonsson, and Ray Barretto. After him are Wolfgang Unzicker, Jaroslav Pelikan, Frank Beyer, Jimmy Johnstone, Eugene Lazowski, and Mary Boyce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Arizin ranks 6,891 out of 20,380. Before him are Max O. Lorenz (1876), Bainbridge Colby (1869), Robert Richardson (1955), Sandra Brown (1948), Albina Osipowich (1911), and George Woods (1943). After him are Jim Reeves (1923), Pretty Boy Floyd (1904), Sonny Stitt (1924), Gregg Toland (1904), Bobby Helms (1933), and Stan Hansen (1949).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Paul Arizin ranks 74. Before him are John Starks (1965), Donald Piper (1911), Kevin Johnson (1966), Fat Lever (1960), Willis Reed (1942), and Kevin Durant (1988). After him are Billy Evans (1932), George Gervin (1952), Don Nelson (1940), Bob McAdoo (1951), Larry Brown (1940), and Reggie Miller (1965).

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