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 Jokić, 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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Did Oscar Robertson win an Olympic medal?
He won one Olympic gold medal with the United States team in Rome in 1960.
Yes. Oscar Robertson played for the United States basketball team at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and won a gold medal there. Olympedia credits him with one Olympic gold medal and no others. It notes that he often played forward in Rome because of his size and jumping ability, and that he had already been on the gold medal winning team at the 1959 Pan American Games.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
Competed In: 1960 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
After college, Robertson and Jerry West co-captained the 1960 U.S. basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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