Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit: 75 Stories
Basketballography: Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit: A Will To Win
One-on-One Interview
Legends Profile: Bob Pettit
When Bob Pettit came out of college in 1954, no one thought he was talented enough to make it as a professional basketball player. Although he had been a prolific scorer at Louisiana State University, the tall, thin forward was deemed too slight at…
Archive 75: Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit defined the modern power forward position, and in doing so set standards that had never-before been reached in professional basketball. The first to 20,000 career points, the first to score 50 in a championship game, the first to win the…
Q&A: Bob Pettit, The League's First-Ever MVP
During a 12-minute interview with Hall of Famer Bob Pettit, you almost forget he is 88 years old. His answers are smart, he’s feisty and doesn’t hold back — kind of like the way he played during his 11-year career with the Milwaukee and St. Louis Hawks…
Bob Pettit: I Enjoyed My Life After Basketball
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. Pettit, a 6-foot-9 forward originally from Louisiana, was the first player in league history to ever score 20,000 points…
NBA Legends: Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit was born as Robert E. Lee Pettit Jr. on December 12, 1932, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The beginning of his career didn’t stand out. He was cut from the Baton Rouge High School basketball team in his freshmen and sophomore year. He eventually joined a church league.
