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Oscar Robertson
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American basketball player
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Oscar Palmer Robertson was an American basketball player and coach. Born in Charlotte, Tennessee, on November 24, 1938, he was a member of the African American ethnic group. He attended the University of Cincinnati and played professionally in the National Basketball Association. His career spanned from 1960 to 1974. He was drafted by the Sacramento Kings and played for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Robertson played the point guard and shooting guard positions. He represented the United States in the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1959 Pan American Games. His accolades include the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award, and selection to the All-NBA Team. He resided in Indianapolis, Tennessee, and Charlotte.
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Charlotte, Tennessee, USA
Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed "the Big O," is an American former professional basketball player and Hall of Famer who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Known for
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self - Basketball Hall of Fame2023
- Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace — Self2018
- Basketball: A Love Story — Self2018
- Shut Up and Dribble — Self - NBA Hall of Famer2018
- Kareem: Minority of One — Self2015
- Glickman — Self2013
- Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story — Himself2013
- Goose2012
- Ruth Lyons: First Lady of Television — Self2011
- Basketball Man — Self2007
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1938-11-24 ) November 24, 1938 (age 87) , Charlotte, Tennessee , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
- Listed weight
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- High school
- Crispus Attucks ( Indianapolis, Indiana )
- College
- Cincinnati (1957–1960)
- Nba draft
- 1960 : territorial pick
- Drafted by
- Cincinnati Royals
- Playing career
- 1960–1974
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 14, 1
- 1960 1970
- Cincinnati Royals
- 1970 1974
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Points
- 26,710 (25.7 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 7,804 (7.5 rpg)
- Assists
- 9,887 (9.5 apg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Point Guard
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Oscar
- Family name
- Robertson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charlotte
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- University of Cincinnati
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- Participant in
- 1959 Pan American Games
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 205
- Official website
- www.thebigo.com
- Image
- Oscar Robertson 1960.jpeg
- Height
- 196
- Residence
- Charlotte
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- date of birth
- 1938-11-24
- Commons category
- Oscar Robertson
- drafted by
- Sacramento Kings
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- birth name
- Oscar Palmer Robertson
- end of work period
- 1974-00-00
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and winner of the 1964 MVP, Robertson is considered to be one of the greatest point guards of all time. In 1962, he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season (the only player in history besides Russell Westbrook and Nikola Jokić). In the 1970–71 NBA season, he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their first NBA title. His playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism.
Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted in 1980 for his individual career, and in 2010 as a member of the 1960 United States men's Olympic basketball team and president of the National Basketball Players Association. Also in 1980, Robertson was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary Team. He was again voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) 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. He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. In October 2021, Robertson was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
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