Paul Arizin

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.

9 April 1928

Born on the same birth date (9 April 1928): Tom Lehrer

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Bernard Ackah • Bill Birch • Bruce Robertson (rugby union) • Dennis Sarfate • Fern Michaels • Gerry Fitt • Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway • Henry Hewes (critic) • Hugh Hefner • James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth • Jean-Marie Balestre • Jerzy Maksymiuk • Johann Caspar Kerll • John Eaves • Kassim Abdallah • Lev Kopelev • Luis Arráez • Mark Pellegrino • Nate Colbert • Robbie Fowler • Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood

Born in the same month (April 1928): Alan Clark • Cy Twombly • Estelle Harris • Eugene Merle Shoemaker • Heinz Putzl • Heinz Wolff • James Garner • James White (author) • Jean-François Paillard • Jimmy Logan • Johnny Gavin (footballer) • Joseph Bernardin • Maya Angelou • Shirley Temple • Tommy Docherty • Tony Williams (singer) • Yves Klein