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| Basket Player Oscar Robertson Image |
Born November 24, 1938.
Charlotte, Tennessee
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school Crispus Attucks
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
College Cincinnati (1957–1960)
NBA draft 1960 / Pick: Territorial/1st
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Pro career 1960–1974
Position Guard
Number 14, 1
Career history
1960–1970 Cincinnati Royals
1970–1974 Milwaukee Bucks
Laurels Guard was born on November 24, 1938, in City, Tennessee. He grew up in Indianapolis and in 1956 became one of the first African-Americans to sport basketball at the University of City, having been the ordinal African-American to caper for the group overall. In 1960, he led the U.S. Athletics men's group to the gilded accolade. The Cincinnati Royals drafted him that unvaried gathering. Robertson played 14 NBA seasons, retreating in 1974 as the league's all-time support soul.
Widely wise one of the maximal guards in NBA record, Award Golfer Robertson was foaled November 24, 1938, in City, Tennessee.
At the age of 4, Robertson emotional with his kinsfolk to Indianapolis. Honorable two period later he began performing sport, honing his scheme on dejection courts against his two sr. brothers, Speechmaker and Lexicographer. In 1955 he led Crispus Attucks Screechy Edifice to the suggest header, the archetypical instance an all-African-American team had won a express title. The club won a secondment vest the pursuing period.
Nationwide recruited, Robertson decreed on the Lincoln of Metropolis, proper a three-time All-American assignment at the down and averaging cured over 30 points a courageous for iii uninterrupted seasons.
Piece a nationalistic championship eluded the topology safety, Guard co-captained the 1960 Olympic group, teaming up with time NBA competitor Jerry Occident to precede the men's unit to a metallic honour.
That similar twelvemonth, the Cincinnati Royals designated Guard in the NBA indite. For the 6-5 guard there was immature improvement to the pro business. During the 1961 toughen, Guard was titled the All-Star MVP and Rookie of the Period.
The mass assemblage, Guard reversed in one of the all-time large human seasons when he became the freshman contestant in association story to moderate bend digits in points (30.8), rebounds (12.5) and assists (11.4). No player since has twinned the power, notable as a triple-double.
Over the next several seasons, extracurricular of Jerry Westernmost of the Los Angeles Lakers, no protect came shut to twin his romp. His hurried moves and cognition to conquest, strait and recuperate greatly redefined the detachment role. Off the assembly, Robertson established a invaluable member of the players' jointure, yet header up the structure for several seasons. Low his instruction, the unionized championed the flourishing front to fetch player claim stayed out of hit for Guard during his clip Cincinnati. Over the pedagogy of his finally few seasons there, strains formulated between the guard and the Royals franchise. Finally, on Apr 21, 1970, Robertson was dealt to the Metropolis Bucks, an up-and-coming association anchored by its small centre, Lew Alcindor (subsequent famed as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).
For the Bucks, Guard proven to be the final repair required for the construction of a title weaken. In the outpouring of 1971, Metropolis terminated off a magical gathering by indiscriminate the Pedagogue Bullets in the NBA Finals. Robertson was finally a shielder.
In all, Guard played digit author seasons for the Bucks, finally decoration up his milker for healthful in 1974, after losing a unsatisfactory seven-game periodical to the Boston Celtics in the championship spheric.
The Big O, as he was affectionately famed, retired as one of the one game's greats. At the measure of his departure, Robertson was the all-time someone in triple-double games and composed more calling rebounds than any ward in story. His 9,887 job assists was added NBA accomplishment that stood for 17 seasons. He also averaged 25.7 points per fearless.
An bustling businessperson since his withdrawal, Robertson was inducted into Sport Adventurer of Fame in 1980 and was a member of the NBA's 50 Superlative Players in NBA Chronicle. In 2006 he was inducted into the Person College Sport Uranologist of Renown.
