The original Phoenix Suns player, Dick Van Arsdale put the Valley on the pro sports map. He died last week at 81.

Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Phoenix Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the ...

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Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who, with his brother, Tom, was half of the first set of identical twins to play in the NBA after starring and confusing opponents ...

Phoenix Suns legend Dick Van Arsdale, known as the “Original Sun” has died at the age of 81, according to the team. Van Arsdale was the first selection by the Suns in the expansion draft to build the ...

Jon McGlocklin roomed with the Van Arsdales at Indiana and was nicknamed by many their third twin. He and Tom are mourning ...

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." Later, his ...

Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Phoenix Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the ...

Dick Van Arsdale, the three-time NBA All-Star and so-called "Original Sun," has died at the age of 81. Arsdale earned the ...

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 the ...

Dick Van Arsdale was 81. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Suns legend Dick Van Arsdale, the ‘Original Sun’ and a member of our Ring of Honor,” the team posted on social media.

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 ...