PAUL ARIZIN 1955 ALL-STAR JERSEY w/ LOA From Arizin

In the early days of the NBA a handful of pioneering players laid the groundwork for what would become "modern" basketball. What Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Cy Young were to baseball, these early hoopsters were to the game of basketball. One such player was Paul Arizin. Playing in an era of old-fashioned two-handed set shots and slow-up offenses, Arizin burst into the league in 1950 with a repertoire that included a daring new weapon: the jump shot. By the time Arizin was leading the league in scoring as a second-year player with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1952, only a few other players had mastered the shot. In 10 seasons with the Warriors, Arizin made the NBA All-Star Team every year, won two scoring titles and an NBA championship ring, and recorded the third-highest scoring average in the newly formed league. Along with George Mikan, Bob Cousy, Larry Foust, Bill Sharman, Dolph Schayes and teammate Joe Fulks, Arizin was a pioneering force in a circuit that was decades behind baseball and football in popularity. Arizin and those other stars gave the fledgling NBA the boost it needed to achieve respectability. Arizin’s 1955 All-Star jersey, worn during the game played in New York's Madison Square Garden, features Horace Partridge tagging on the inside front tail with the size "42." His number "12" appears on both the front and back of the shirt in blue tackle twill. There are six red tackle twill stars on both the front and back of the jersey. Arizin played for 23 minutes and scored 9 points helping his East team win by a score of 100-91. The jersey shows game use, shows no alterations of any kind and comes with a letter from Arizin himself. Additional LOA from MEARS (A10).