# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-arizin
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:55:58.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-arizin"
name: "Paul Arizin"
slug: "paul-arizin"
description: "Paul Joseph Arizin, nicknamed \"Pitchin Paul\", was an American basketball player who spent his entire National Basketball Association (NBA) career with the Philadelphia Warriors from 1950 to 1962. He retired with the third highest career point total (16,266) in NBA history, and was named to the NBA's 25th, 50th and 75th anniversary teams. He was a high-scoring forward at Villanova University before being drafted by the Warriors of the fledgling NBA."
tagline: "American basketball player (1928–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Arizin_50-62.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1928-04-09"
deathDate: "2006-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.12
  momentum:             7.468613649983284
  historical:           21.2439
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بول أريزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بول اريزين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Аризин, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Πολ Αράιζιν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "پل آریزین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פול אריזין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ポール・アリジン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pols Arizins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пол Аризин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Аризин, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Arizin"
    title: "Paul Arizin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump