Arnie Ferrin

Arnie Ferrin

Ferrin from the 1948 Utonian
Personal information
Born	(1925-07-29)July 29, 1925 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	December 27, 2022(2022-12-27) (aged 97)
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Ogden (Ogden, Utah)
College	Utah (1943–1948)
BAA draft	1948: 2nd round, 59th overall pick
Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers
Playing career	1948–1951
Position	Small forward / shooting guard
Number	18
Career history
1948–1951	Minneapolis Lakers
Career highlights and awards
2× NBA champion (1949, 1950) NCAA champion (1944) NCAA Final Four MOP (1944) Consensus first-team All-American (1945) 3× Consensus second-team All-American (1944, 1947, 1948) No. 22 retired by Utah Utes
Career BAA and NBA statistics
Points	1,037 (5.8 ppg)
Rebounds	271 (4.0 rpg)
Assists	202 (1.6 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2008

Chariton Arnold Ferrin Jr. (July 29, 1925 − December 27, 2022) was an American professional basketball player, executive, and college athletics administrator. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes and earned All-American honors four times. He won an NCAA championship in 1944, when he was named the NCAA tournament Most Outstanding Player (MOP). They added a National Invitation Tournament (NIT) title in 1947. Ferrin played professionally with the Minneapolis Lakers in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). They won league titles in 1949 and 1950.

After his playing career, Ferrin was general manager of the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1972 through 1974. He served as the athletic director at his alma mater, the University of Utah, from 1976 to 1985.