Dick Van Arsdale passed away today at the age of 81. He lived an incredible life. Sending love to his identical twin brother Tom today. If you’re of a certain age you might remember the brothers’ Miller Lite commercial (from 1978)… - ThreadSky

rexchapman.bsky.social • 69 days ago

Dick Van Arsdale passed away today at the age of 81. He lived an incredible life. Sending love to his identical twin brother Tom today.

If you’re of a certain age you might remember the brothers’ Miller Lite commercial (from 1978)…

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frethog60.bsky.social•69 days ago

That’s funny. I saw the first post and the first thing I thought was “didn’t he have a twin?”

dkathleen.bsky.social•68 days ago

My dad loved those guys. Pops also told me he played for the Indiana Kotskis😂

mjbackus.bsky.social•69 days ago

Being from Indiana, I always knew about the Van Arsdale twins, but looking at their BR pages, they ended up making 3 AS teams apiece, Dick averaged 16 ppg, Tom 15 and each played 13 seasons. Remarkably similar numbers.

phgoldstein.bsky.social•69 days ago

I remember him with the New York Knicks in the mid to late 1960s. Good player on a great team.

pandakneecaps.bsky.social•69 days ago

Dyke better be cautious. I know he had a close call recently. 🙏

mred1375.bsky.social•69 days ago

Being from Indiana and the same age, I remember them well. Then I moved to Arizona in '71 and latched on to the Sun's! Great memories! R.I.P. Dick.💔💔

roseisrosejones.bsky.social•69 days ago

I remember this ad well! RIP Dick😞💔

jsle.bsky.social•69 days ago

The Van Arsdales are a hugecpart Big 10 basketball history. R.I P

rcmagic89.bsky.social•69 days ago

🙏

davecdnb.bsky.social•68 days ago

Wonder how many takes that took?! 😂
RIP 🪦 Dick

debrose411.bsky.social•69 days ago

I thought this was a photo of the Keno brothers (from Antiques Roadshow). :)

rexchapman.bsky.social•69 days ago

They looked like Michael Caine.

raspberrygoulet.bsky.social•69 days ago

debrose411.bsky.social•69 days ago

All four of them.

chuckschick.bsky.social•69 days ago

At auction. For the pair.....

rjchouinard.bsky.social•69 days ago

I saw them play when they played at MSU. I played in the halftime basketball exhibition for my Jr High.

danboingino.bsky.social•69 days ago

❤️

sighofthetimes.bsky.social•69 days ago

Absolute legend. He won’t be forgotten, especially in Indiana and Kentucky. Thanks for posting Rex. All love to Tom and his family

charlesintense.bsky.social•69 days ago

That was great one. Even before I was legal to consume, I loved those commercials. Bob uecker was also a genius.

brodyrocks.bsky.social•69 days ago

Our aunt taught them at Manual HS

thatguy30.bsky.social•69 days ago

I was a huge fan of the Suns back then. Exciting teams!

tammypnw.bsky.social•69 days ago

RIP DVA

aaronteed.bsky.social•69 days ago

Your social media is an archive of basketball.

kickitoldschool.bsky.social•69 days ago

🍻

johnpaulhi.bsky.social•69 days ago

Legend.

taverino.bsky.social•69 days ago

Growing up in Indiana I am way familiar with the Van Arsdales! RIP sir!

rexchapman.bsky.social•69 days ago

“Teamwork from the NBA to Van Arsdale Arts”

In 2005 Van (Dick) had a stroke… https://azpbs.org/artin48/2021/01/van-arsdale-art/

azdesertarch.bsky.social•69 days ago

It was always fun to run in to the Twins.

rexchapman.bsky.social•69 days ago

The best.

bobledhardtruths.bsky.social•68 days ago

Loved his two-way, all-around play – scoring, rebounding, passing and defense – during his short stint in mid-1960s as a New York Knick. Impressive stats!

concert-pics.net•69 days ago

Sad loss. Amazing player. Unforgivable that almost totally forgotten outside of phoenix by younger generations. Also total secret weapon in NBA2K when using historic draft classes. He rarely misses from within half court. Like tecmo bowl Bo Jackson