Awards
- IUB Athletics Hall of Fame - 1997
Arthur won eight letters in three sports at Indiana University. He won basketball letters in 1908 and 1909, won baseball letters in 1909, 1910 and 1911, and won football letters in 1908, 1909 and 1910 and was all-conference in football. Arthur captained all three sports and was the only athlete ever to captain three sports at IU. He coached baseball 1913-15 and basketball 1914-15 and was the assistant football coach and acting Director of Athletics 1913-15. He was the mayor of Bloomington from 1935-38.