|
Name | Oscar Robertson |
Number | 14, 1 |
Position | Point guard |
Height Ft | 6 |
Height In | 5 |
Weight Lb | 220 |
League | NBA |
Birth Date | November 24, 1938(age 74) |
Birth Place | Charlotte, Tennessee |
Nationality | American |
High School | Crispus Attucks |
College | Cincinnati (1957 � 1960) |
Draft Year | 1958 |
Draft Pick | Territorial / 1st |
Draft Team | Cincinnati Royals |
Career Start | 1960 |
Career End | 1974 |
Years1 | � |
Team1 | Cincinnati Royals |
Years2 | � |
Team2 | Milwaukee Bucks |
Highlights |
* NBA Champion ( )
* NBA Most Valuable Player ( )
* 12× NBA All-Star ( � )
* 3× NBA All-Star Game MVP (1961, , )
* NBA Rookie of the Year ( )
* 9× All-NBA First Team (1961 � )
* 2× All-NBA Second Team (1970 � 1971)
* 2× Helms Foundation College Player of the Year (1959, 1960)
* 3× UPI College Player of the Year (1958 � 1960)
* 2× USBWA College Player of the Year (1959, 1960)
* 3× Sporting News College Player of the Year (1958 � 1960)
* 3× Consensus NCAA All-America First Team (1958 � 1960)
* NBA 35th Anniversary Team
* NBA 50th Anniversary Team
* #14 Retired by the Sacramento Kings
* #1 Retired by the Milwaukee Bucks |
Stat1label | Points |
Stat1value | 26,710 (25.7 ppg) |
Stat2label | Rebounds |
Stat2value | 7,804 (7.5 rpg) |
Stat3label | Assists |
Stat3value | 9,887 (9.5 apg) |
Bbr | roberos01 |
Letter | r |
HOF Player | oscar-p-robertson |
|
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee), nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound Robertson played the shooting guard/point guard position, and was a twelve-time All-Star, eleven-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in fourteen professional seasons. He is the only player in NBA history to average a triple-double for an entire season. He was a key player on the team which brought the Bucks their only NBA championship in the 1970-71 NBA season. His playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism.
For his outstanding achievements, Robertson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980, and was voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their college Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998, and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006.
Robertson was also an integral part of the Oscar Robertson suit of 1970. The landmark NBA antitrust suit, named after the then-president of the NBA Players' Association, led to an extensive reform of the league's strict free agency and draft rules and, subsequently, to higher salaries for all players.
|
|
|