Bob Pettit

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Bob Pettit is a Hall of Fame American basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s earliest superstars and a dominant scoring and rebounding forward of the 1950s and 1960s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
National Basketball Association player
basketball player
human
awardReceived NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award
NBA Most Valuable Player Award
careerAssists 265
careerPoints 20880
careerRebounds 12849
collegeAttended Louisiana State University
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-12-12
draftedBy Milwaukee Hawks
draftLeague NBA
draftPickNumber 2
draftRound 1
draftYear 1954
eraOfProminence 1950s
1960s
familyName Pettit
fullName Robert Lee Pettit Jr.
givenName Robert
hallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionYear 1970
heightInInches 81
heightInMeters 2.06
jerseyNumber 9
knownFor rebounding
scoring
league National Basketball Association
memberOfSportsTeam Milwaukee Hawks
St. Louis Hawks
NBAChampionships 1
NBAChampionshipSeason 1957–58
NBARookieOfTheYearAward 1954–55 NBA season
numberOfTimesAllNBAFirstTeam 10
numberOfTimesAllNBASecondTeam 1
numberOfTimesNBAAllStar 11
occupation professional basketball player
placeOfBirth Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
playedCollegeBasketballFor LSU Tigers men's basketball
positionPlayed forward
power forward
recognizedAs one of the NBA’s earliest superstars
sexOrGender male
sport basketball
wonChampionshipWith St. Louis Hawks

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Atlanta Hawks
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