• Oscar Robertson is generally considered the greatest all-around player in the history of basketball.

• One of the most enduringly popular and respected athletes of the 20th Century, an international ambassador for the game of basketball.

• He is the only player in NBA history ever to average a “triple double” (double figures in scoring, 30.8 points per game; assists, 11.4 per game; and rebounding, 12.5 per game) for an entire season, 1961-62

• He averaged a cumulative “triple double” over his first six seasons

• NBA star from 1960-61 to 1973-74: 10 years with Cincinnati Royals, four with Milwaukee Bucks.

• Led the Bucks to 1971 NBA championship, three additional playoff appearances including NBA finals in 1974; led the Royals to six consecutive playoff appearances, 1962-1967.

• NBA Most Valuable Player, 1964; NBA Rookie of the Year, 1961.

• Selected to 12 consecutive NBA All-Star Teams, 1961-1972. All-star Game MVP 1961, 1964, 1969.

• Led NBA in assists six seasons, free throw percentage two seasons.

• Set career record with 9887 assists / 9.5 average per game which stood for 17 years.

• Seventh among all-time NBA scoring leaders with 26,710 points / 25.7 average.

• Holds all-time rebounding records for guards: season, 985 rebounds/12.5 average, 1961-62; career, 7804/7.5 average. Only guard ever to lead his team in rebounding (twice with Cincinnati Royals).

• Only player ever to compile 900 rebounds and 900 assists in one season (1961-62).

• Named one of NBA’s 50 greatest players of all time, 1997.

• Named "Player of the Century" by National Association of Basketball Coaches, 2000.

• Named one of top ten players of the century by Associated Press, 1999.

• Named one of top five college players ever by Sports Illustrated, 1999.

• Named one of 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by ESPN, 1999.

• National Basketball Hall of Fame, 1979 (first year eligible).

• President of NBA Players Association, 1963-1974. “The Oscar Robertson Rule,” instituted as a result of litigation he initiated through the NBAPA, set the stage for free agency in the NBA.

• Immediate Past President, Retired NBA Players Association.

• Graduated University of Cincinnati, 1960, with B.S. Degree in Business.

• First player in history to lead NCAA in scoring three straight years. College career average: 33.8 points.

• First player in history to win National College Player of the Year honors three times.

• Three time first team All-American.

• Led University of Cincinnati to two Final Four appearances, 79-9 record over three years.

• Co-captain of undefeated 1960 U.S. Olympic Team, perhaps the greatest basketball team ever.

• Led Indianapolis’ Crispus Attucks High School to 45-game winning streak, two consecutive Indiana state championships and 1956 national championship. (Attucks was the first African-American high school to win an Indiana state championship or a national championship.)

• First team high school All-American, National High School Player of the Year in 1956.

• Graduated Crispus Attucks High School in 1956 in top 10% of his class.

• Born November 24, 1938, Charlotte, TN; moved with family to Indianapolis, IN at age 4. Current residence: Cincinnati, Ohio.

• One of the nation’s leading small business owners with interests in manufacturing (specialty chemicals, flexible and corrugated packaging), real estate development, document services, banking, and media.

• Author and publisher of instructional book “The Art of Basketball.”

• Board member or member at large of numerous philanthropic and civic organizations; national advocate for organ donation on behalf of the National Kidney Foundation.

 

 

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