Dick Van Arsdale, a former second-round pick of the Knicks who later became known as the “Original Sun,” has died, the Suns announced Monday on social media. He was 81 years old. No cause of ...

Phoenix Suns great Dick Van Arsdale, who was the first player picked in the franchise’s expansion draft to build the team, has died, the team announced on Monday. He was 81. Van Arsdale ...

Van Arsdale was the 1st selection in the expansion Draft to build the Suns roster and the scorer of the first points in team history The Associated Press Known as the 'Original Sun,' three-time ...

The Phoenix Suns announced that Dick Van Arsdale, who spent nine seasons with the team, has died at 81 years old. Van Arsdale spent 12 years in the NBA, after being drafted in the second round of ...

PHOENIX -- Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Phoenix Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft, has died. He was 81. The Suns ...

A three-time All-Star, he played for the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. For one season, he and Tom Van Arsdale were hard-to-tell-apart teammates. By Harvey Araton Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All ...

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 28: Former Suns player Dick Van Arsdale is introduced to the new Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor during the NBA game against the Utah Jazz at Footprint Center on October 28, 2023 ...

The Knicks selected Van Arsdale in the 1965 NBA Draft after his collegiate career at Indiana, and he averaged 12.8 points per game in 236 games while adding 5.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game ...

December 17 - Dick Van Arsdale, the first player added to the roster of the expansion Phoenix Suns in 1968, died at age 81. No cause of death was revealed for Van Arsdale, known as the "Original Sun." ...

Jerry Colangelo knew of Dick Van Arsdale way before making him the first Phoenix Suns player ever. "I believe it was 1961," Colangelo recalls. "I'm playing for the University of Illinois and we're ...

Just months after the death of Phoenix Suns icon Al McCoy, legendary player Dick Van Arsdale has died, according to a team statement. Known as the "Original Sun" after he was Phoenix's top pick in ...