Tusten Ackerman
Arthur Tusten "Tus" Ackerman (October 7, 1901 – May 17, 1997)[2] was an American basketball player in the early days of college and semi-professional basketball.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 7, 1901 Oklahoma, U.S.[1] |
| Died | May 17, 1997 (aged 95) Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lawrence (Lawrence, Kansas) |
| College | Kansas (1922–1925) |
| Position | Forward / center |
| Number | 7, 1 |
| Career history | |
| 1925–1927 | Kansas City Athletic Club |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Ackerman, a 6'3 forward/center from Lawrence, Kansas, played for coach Phog Allen at Kansas from 1922 to 1925. At the University of Kansas, he was a starter on the 1922–23 Jayhawk team that was retroactively named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation and was named an All-American by that same organization for both 1924 and 1925.[3]
Following his collegiate career, Ackerman played Amateur Athletic Union basketball for the Kansas City Athletic Club, where he was named an AAU All-American in 1925 and 1926.[4]
Ackerman's jersey was retired by the University of Kansas and hangs in Allen Fieldhouse.[3]
Notes edit
- ^ Both the 1910 and 1920 US Census records indicate his place of birth was Oklahoma; residence in 1910 was Boone County, Missouri and residence in 1920 was Lawrence, Kansas.
- ^ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
- ^ a b 2007-08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball yearbook, pg. 138
- ^ Grundman, Adolph (January 2004). "The Golden Age Of Amateur Basketball: The AAU Tournament, 1921–1968". University of Nebraska Press.