Bob Pettit

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Born
1932 (92 years old)
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Position
Power Forward

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Ethnicity
White

Team Number
9

Height
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

Weight
205 lb (93 kg)

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Basketball

Team
_Retired Basketball

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Description

Robert Lee Pettit Jr. (born December 12, 1932) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965). He was the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award. He also won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award four times, a feat matched only by Kobe Bryant. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.

Trophies

Basketball Hall of Fame 1970	NBA All Star 1965	NBA All Star 1964	All NBA First Team 1964
All NBA First Team 1963	NBA All Star 1963	NBA All Star 1962	NBA All Star MVP 1962
All NBA First Team 1962	NBA All Star 1961	All NBA First Team 1961	NBA All Star 1960
All NBA First Team 1960	NBA All Star 1959	NBA MVP 1959	All NBA First Team 1959
NBA scoring champion 1959	NBA All Star MVP 1959	NBA 1958	All NBA First Team 1958
NBA All Star MVP 1958	NBA All Star 1958	All NBA First Team 1957	NBA All Star 1957
All NBA First Team 1956	NBA All Star 1956	NBA All Star MVP 1956	NBA MVP 1956
NBA rebounding leader 1956	NBA scoring champion 1956	NBA All Star 1955	NBA Rookie of the year 1955
All NBA First Team 1955