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Pettit is the leader for most career rebounds (12,849), and most rebounds per game with 16.2 in Hawks franchise history. The first NBA player to score more than 20,000 points, Pettit was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Main article: List of members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major ...
Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley won the award in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. Hall-of-Famer Shaquille O'Neal has won the award three times in his career. He is also the oldest MVP ever, at 36 years and 346 days old. Hall-of-Famer Kobe Bryant won the award a record four times in his career, a feat he shares with Bob Pettit. The award was renamed ...
St. Louis Hawks legend Bob Pettit, who was the NBA's first-ever Most Valuable Player, was recently named to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team.
Frank Selvy from Furman University was selected first overall by the Baltimore Bullets.Second pick of the draft, Bob Pettit from Louisiana State University, has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. [1]
He is the only player-coach (along with Russell) who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. [18] Other than Wilkens, twelve player-coaches have been inducted as players while two player-coaches have been inducted as coaches. The Coach of the Year Award was never won by a player-coach.
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bob Knight coached against Kansas 16 times during a stellar 42-year career that included stops at Army, Indiana and Texas Tech.
Kerner drafted Hall of Fame player Bob Pettit in the first round (number two) of the 1954 NBA draft and Pettit became the cornerstone of the franchise. Pettit, who averaged 26 points and 16 rebounds per game over his career, was voted the NBA Most Valuable Player in both 1956 and 1959. At 6 feet 9 inches (206 cm), Pettit was a ten–time First ...