Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Phoenix Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft, has died. He was 81. The Suns announced Van Arsdale's death in a statement on Monday and a team spokesman confirmed that the franchise had received the news from his family.

Along with his twin brother Tom, Dick Van Arsdale starred at Manual High School and IU and was a three-time All-Star in the NBA.

Star, he played for the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. For one season, he and Tom Van Arsdale were hard-to-tell-apart teammates.

The Phoenix Suns announced that Dick Van Arsdale, who spent nine seasons with the team, has died at 81 years old. Van Arsdale spent 12 years in the NBA, after being drafted in the second round of the 1965 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.

Van Arsdale was the 1st selection in the expansion Draft to build the Suns roster and the scorer of the first points in team history

Dick Van Arsdale, a former second-round pick of the Knicks who later became known as the “Original Sun,” has died, the Suns announced Monday.

Van Arsdale and his twin brother, Tom, shared Indiana's Mr. Basketball honors at Manual High School in Indianapolis in 1961 before heading to Indiana University.

Dick Van Arsdale, the three-time NBA All-Star and so-called "Original Sun," has died at the age of 81. Arsdale earned the honor of being the first-ever Phoenix Suns player when he was their first pick for the 1968 draft for the team's inaugural season.

Dick Van Arsdale, "The Original Sun" who scored the franchise's first points, has died at the age of 81 years old.

Dick Van Arsdale, a three-time All-Star who became the first Suns player after being selected by the franchise in the 1968 expansion draft, has died.