Tusten Ackerman

Personal information
Born	October 7, 1901 (1901-10-07) Oklahoma, U.S.[1]
Died	May 17, 1997(1997-05-17) (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	Power forward / center
Number	7, 1
Career history
1925–1927	Kansas City Athletic Club
Career highlights
2× AAU All-American (1925, 1926) Helms National champion (1923) 2× Helms Foundation All-American (1924, 1925) 2× First-team All-MVC (2024, 2025) No. 7 jersey retired by Kansas Jayhawks

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.

Career

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]

Legacy

Ackerman's jersey was retired by the University of Kansas and hangs in Allen Fieldhouse.^[3]

References

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