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Oscar Robertson
Oscar Palmer Robertson, 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 playe…
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sports · American basketball player (born 1938) · basketball player · basketball coach · also Oscar Robertson, Oscar Palmer Robertson, The Big O, Robertson
Born 24 November 1938 · Q17717
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2026· 18 entries
“I think he was wrong and I will never forget it.”
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“[Officials] thought the blacks were going to tear the town up, and they thought the whites wouldn”
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Yahoo! Sports: Oscar Robertson joins Cubs broadcast booth during 7-run inning vs. Reds
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AOL: Oscar Robertson's 6-word answer on March Madness expansion sums it up
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2024· 1 entry
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced that the league had commissioned a statue of Robertson from sculptor Ryan Feeney to be permanently placed at Crispus Attucks High School
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2022· 2 entries
To commemorate the NBA's 75th Anniversary The Athletic ranked their top 75 players of all time, and named Robertson as the 12th greatest player in NBA history
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The NBA renamed its Western Conference championship trophy after Robertson
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2021· 2 entries
Bleacher Report: Oscar Robertson: 'Totally Unfair' Russell Westbrook Didn't Win 2021 NBA MVP
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On the eve of the Bucks winning their second championship and first since his tenure, Robertson wrote a piece in The Players' Tribune voicing his support for Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks
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2018· 1 entry
Received the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award
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2017· 1 entry
It was announced that a life-sized bronze sculpture of Robertson would be featured alongside other Indiana sports stars at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' Old National Bank Sports Legends Avenue of Champions, loca
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2015· 1 entry
Robertson was among a group of investors that placed a marijuana legalization initiative on the Ohio ballot
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2007· 1 entry
Oscar received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Cincinnati for both his philanthropic and entrepreneurial efforts
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2006· 3 entries
For his impact on college basketball when he was chosen to be a member of the founding class of the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame
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ESPN named Robertson the second greatest point guard of all time, praising him as the best post-up guard of all time and placing him only behind Johnson
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The statue was relocated to the entrance of the Richard E
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2004· 1 entry
An 18" bronze statue of Robertson was sculpted by world-renowned sculptor Harry Weber
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2003· 2 entries
In 2003, he published his own autobiography, The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game.
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Published his own autobiography, The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game
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2000· 2 entries
And was ranked third on SLAM's "Top 75 NBA Players" in 2003, behind fellow NBA legends Jordan and Chamberlain
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Robertson served as a director for Countrywide Financial Corporation, until the company's sale to Bank of America in 2008
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1998· 2 entries
And he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006
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It was renamed the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor, as the player that won the first two awards, because of his outstanding career and his continuing efforts to promote the game of basketball
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1997· 2 entries
In 1997, Robertson donated one of his kidneys to his daughter Tia, who suffered lupus-related kidney failure.
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Robertson donated one of his kidneys to his daughter Tia, who suffered lupus-related kidney failure
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1996· 1 entry
Robertson was honored as one of the league's greatest players of all time by being named to the NBA 50th Anniversary Team
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1995· 1 entry
Robertson was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
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1994· 1 entry
A nine-foot bronze statue of Robertson was erected outside the Fifth Third Arena at Shoemaker Center, the current home of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball
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1983· 1 entry
Robertson was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame
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1980· 2 entries
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
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Robertson was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary Team
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1970· 2 entries
Joined Milwaukee Bucks in 1970.
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Played for Milwaukee Bucks (1970–1974).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award (1969).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1969).
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded All-NBA Team (1968).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded All-NBA Team (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded All-NBA Team (1966).
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1965· 2 entries
Won the All NBA First Team with Sacramento Kings (1965).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1965).
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1964· 5 entries
Robertson recorded a career-high 56 points on 17-for-33 shooting from the field, to go along with 9 rebounds and 12 assists in a 111–107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers
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Won the All NBA First Team with Sacramento Kings (1964).
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Awarded NBA Most Valuable Player Award (1964).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1964).
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Awarded NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award (1964).
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1963· 2 entries
Won the All NBA First Team with Sacramento Kings (1963).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1963).
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1962· 4 entries
Won the All NBA First Team with Sacramento Kings (1962).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1962).
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Robertson recorded 32 points, 21 rebounds, and 16 assists in a 134–118 win over the Hawks
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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)
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1961· 5 entries
Won the All NBA First Team with Sacramento Kings (1961).
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Awarded NBA Rookie of the Year Award (1961).
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Awarded All-NBA Team (1961).
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Awarded NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award (1961).
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And 1962, missing a third consecutive title in 1963 by just two points
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1960· 3 entries
Robertson recorded a then-career-high of 44 points to go along with 15 rebounds and 11 assists in a 124–115 win over the Philadelphia Warriors
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Joined Sacramento Kings in 1960.
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Played for Cincinnati Royals (1960–1970).
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1959· 1 entry
The Player of the Year Award was established to recognize the best college basketball player of the year by the U
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1957· 2 entries
Joined Cincinnati in 1957.
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Played for Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball (1957–1960).
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Indiana Mr. Basketball (1956).
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1954· 1 entry
Starred on an Attucks team that lost in the semi-state finals (state quarterfinals) to eventual state champions Milan, a story that would later be the basis of the 1986 movie Hoosiers
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-11-24.
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