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American basketball player (1901–1997)

Tusten Ackerman
Personal information

Born	October 7, 1901 (1901-10-07) Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	May 17, 1997 (1997-05-18) (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	Forward / center
Number	7, 1
Career history
1925–1927	Kansas City Athletic Club

Career highlights and awards
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) was an American basketball player in the early days of college and semi-professional basketball.

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.

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.

Notes

Both the 1910 and 1920 US Census records indicate his place of birth was Oklahoma; residence in 1910 was Boone County, Missouri and residence in 1920 was Lawrence, Kansas.
Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2011.
^ 2007-08 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball yearbook, pg. 138
Grundman, Adolph (January 2004). "The Golden Age Of Amateur Basketball: The AAU Tournament, 1921–1968". University of Nebraska Press.

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v t e 1925 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans
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v t e 1926 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans
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