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Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson

Oscar Robertson
(Born 1938)

Hall of Fame Induction: 1980

Card Shown:
2015-16 Panini
National Treasures Signatures

Position: PG
Height: 6’5″

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Oscar Robertson, “The Big O,” is perhaps the greatest all-around basketball player to play the game.  His combination of scoring, rebounding, and distributing (assists) is unparalleled in the history of basketball.  He was a “triple-double machine.”

Oscar had success at all levels of basketball: leading his high school team to two state titles, winning three scoring titles in college, and eventually winning an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Awards and Honors

  • Oscar made first-team All-NBA for nine consecutive seasons from the 1960-61 season through the 1968-69 season.
  • In 1960 Robertson teamed with Jerry West to help lead the USA to the gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
  • In 1961 Oscar won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award.
  • He won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1963-64 while averaging 31.4 points per game.
  • In 1971 Oscar and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) led the Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA championship.
  • Robertson was named to the NBA’s 35th Anniversary Team in 1980 and the NBA’s 50th Anniversary Team in 1996.

Points of Interest

  • Robertson led Crispus Attucks High School to two Indiana state titles.  (See the interesting article “The Forgotten Hoosiers” on ESPN.com for more of this story.)
  • At the University of Cincinnati he led the nation in scoring in each of his three seasons playing varsity.
  • He led the UC Bearcats to a 79-9 record and two straight NCAA Final Four appearances.
  • In 1961-62 Robertson averaged a triple-double with 30.8 points per game, 11.4 assists per game, and 12.5 rebounds per game.  No other NBA player accomplished this feat until Russell Westbrook averaged a triple-double in 2016-17.
  • Oscar led the NBA in assists seven times in a nine-year span from from 1960-61 to 1968-69.

Statistics

Oscar Robertson Statistics
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