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Oscar Robertson

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Oscar Palmer Robertson, nicknamed the Big O, is an American former professional basketball player, born in 1938, who played for the Cincinnati Royals from 1960 to 1970 and the Milwaukee Bucks from 1970 to 1974, winning the 1971 NBA championship with Milwaukee. During the 1961-62 season he became the first player in NBA history to average a triple double for an entire season, with 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game, a feat since matched only by Russell Westbrook and Nikola Jokic, and he finished his career with 181 triple doubles, 26,710 points and 9,887 assists. A twelve time All-Star, the 1964 NBA Most Valuable Player and the 1961 Rookie of the Year, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.

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Birth Year
1938 1
Birth Date
1938-11-24 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
First player in NBA history to average a triple-double for a season 1
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Team 1
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Basketball, Sports
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1. Wikipedia: Oscar Robertson
  • First sentence
    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).
  • Lead section, triple-double
    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 and Nikola Jokić).
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    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).
  • Plays: Basketball, lead paragraph, plays
    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).
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