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.

Sep 13, 2021 · Bob Pettit was first to reach the 20,000-point mark en route to an MVP award, the 1958 NBA title and four All-Star MVPs during his 11-year career. When he tried out for the high school team...

Mar 13, 2024 · Bob Pettit, star forward for the St. Louis Hawks, worked with IC for six weeks last summer and became measurably stronger, as indicated by weight-lifting feats. How helpful this new...

Dec 22, 2021 · The NBA is celebrating players from the NBA 75 list almost daily from now until the end of the season. Today's honoree is St. Louis Hawks big man Bob Pettit.

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Dec 22, 2021 · Pettit admitted that becoming the first player in the history of the NBA to score 20,000 points was his last great personal goal. He reached this total in November and had 20,841 points at the...

May 2, 2020 · Robert Lee Pettit Jr. (born December 12, 1932) is a retired basketball player who played in the NBA between 1954 and 1965. Pettit is one of the earliest stars in the NBA, who set precedent for the exceptional performance, players such as Jerry West, Moses Malone, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James will later go on to display in the course of the NBA ...

Dec 22, 2021 · Now, the best of his four MVP performances in one place – the ultimate Bob Pettit All-Star mix! Visualize for a moment the Pettit resume – even the trophy case – through 10 professional ...

Dec 8, 2024 · Bob Pettit is an American professional basketball player, the first to score 20,000 points in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A clumsy player in high school, Pettit turned himself into a graceful 6-foot 9-inch (2.06-metre) athlete, and …

Robert E. Lee "Bob" Pettit Jr. (born December 12, 1932) is an American retired professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965). In 1956, he became the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award and he won the award again in 1959.