Arnie Ferrin

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C. Arnold Ferrin Jr. (born July 29, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a former basketball player in college and the BAA and NBA.

Ferrin attended high school in Ogden, Utah. In college with the University of Utah, he won the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player award in 1944 when they won the championship over Dartmouth College. He would also later help them win a NIT in 1947. He became the only four-time All-American at Utah.

He played professionally for three straight years with the Minneapolis Lakers from 1949 through 1951 under coach John Kundla. The team won the BAA (later the NBA) championship in 1949 and won the NBA championship in 1950, both times with the help of Ferrin. He scored 345 points in '49 and 340 in '50, ending his career with 509 points in three years. He made 275-of-401 free throws in his career.

He went on to become general manager of the ABA's Utah Stars and athletics director at the University of Utah. He currently resides in Salt Lake City.

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Utah Utes Basketball 1943-1944 NCAA Champions
Arnie Ferrin | Wat Misaka | Fred Sheffield | Dick Smuin | Herb Wilkinson
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Minneapolis Lakers 1948-49 BAA Champions
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Minneapolis Lakers 1949-50 NBA Champions
Preceded by
Ken Sailors		 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Most Outstanding Player (men's)
1944		 Succeeded by
Bob Kurland