Oscar Robertson

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Born
1938 (87 years old)
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Charlotte, Tennessee, U.S.

Position
Point Guard

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
1

Height
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight
205 lb (93 kg)

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Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), 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). Robertson played point guard and was a 12-time All-Star, 11-time member of the All-NBA Team, and one-time winner of the MVP award in 14 seasons. In 1962, he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season (the only player in history besides Russell Westbrook). In the 1970–71 NBA season, he was a key player on the team that brought the Bucks their first NBA title. His playing career, especially during high school and college, was plagued by racism.

Robertson is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted in 1980 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. Also in 1980, Robertson was named to the NBA 35th Anniversary Team. He was again voted as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996. The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their College Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in his honor in 1998, and he was one of five people chosen to represent the inaugural National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame class in 2006. He was ranked as the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. In October 2021, Robertson was honored as one of the league’s greatest players of all-time by being named to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.

Robertson was also an integral part of Robertson v. National Basketball Ass'n of 1970. The landmark NBA antitrust suit, which was filed when Robertson was the president of the NBA Players' Association, led to an extensive reform of the league's strict free agency and draft rules and, subsequently, to higher salaries for all players. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2009.

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FIBA Hall of Fame	_Retired Basketball	2009
Basketball Hall of Fame	_Retired Basketball	1980
NBA All Star	Milwaukee Bucks	1972
NBA All Star	Milwaukee Bucks	1971
NBA	Milwaukee Bucks	1971
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1970
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1969
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1969
NBA All Star MVP	Sacramento Kings	1969
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1969
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1968
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1968
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1967
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1967
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1966
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1966
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1966
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1965
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1965
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1965
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1964
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1964
NBA All Star MVP	Sacramento Kings	1964
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1964
NBA MVP	Sacramento Kings	1964
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1963
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1963
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1962
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1962
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1962
NBA assists leader	Sacramento Kings	1961
NBA Rookie of the year	Sacramento Kings	1961
All NBA First Team	Sacramento Kings	1961
NBA All Star MVP	Sacramento Kings	1961
NBA All Star	Sacramento Kings	1961
Basketball Olympics Gold	United States Basketball	1960
Basketball Pan American Games Gold	United States Basketball	1959