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Nationality
  
American

Number
  
7, 1

Weight
  
77 kg

Listed height
  
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Name
  
Tusten Ackerman

Education
  
University of Kansas

Listed weight
  
170 lb (77 kg)

Role
  
Basketball Player

Position
  
Center

College
  
Kansas (1922–1925)

Height
  
1.91 m


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Born
  
October 7, 1901Oklahoma (
1901-10-07
)

High school
  
Lawrence (Lawrence, Kansas)

Died
  
May 17, 1997, Wichita, Kansas, United States

Similar
  
George Williams (basketball), John Adams (basketball), John Abramovic

Arthur Tusten "Tus" Ackerman (October 7, 1901 – May 17, 1997) was an American basketball player in the early days of college and semi-professional basketball.

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Ackerman, a 6'3 forward/center from Lawrence, Kansas, played for coach Phog Allen at Kansas from 1922–1925. At the University of Kansas, he was a starter on the 1922–1923 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.

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.

Ackerman's jersey was retired by the University of Kansas and hangs in Allen Fieldhouse.

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