Oscar's Career Achievements

Oscar's

-All Pro: First Team 9 times. Second Team 2 times.

-Career points: 26,710 points (25.7 per game) 7th on the all-time list. Number one scoring point guard in history.

-Assists: 9,887 (ranks 3rd). Won six assist titles - 1961,1962,1964,1965,1966 and 1969

-Averaged a "triple double" in 1961-1962

(30.8 pts, 11.4 assists, 12.5 rebounds)

-Averaged a cumulative "triple double" 1960-1961 through

1964-1965 (30.3 points, 10.6 assists, 10.4 rebounds)

-In 1961-62 Oscar averaged 11.4 assists

(first time an NBA player had averaged double figures in assists)

-Rookie of the Year - 1961

-48.5 career field goal percentage

-12-time All-Star (Averaged 20 pts, 5 assists, 6 rebounds)

-3-time All-Star MVP - 1961,1964 and 1969

-Regular season MVP - 1964

-Led teams to 10 NBA Playoffs

-1971 World Champion with Milwaukee Bucks

-Hall of Fame - 1979 (first year eligible)

Associated Press Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century

1. Michael Jordan

2. Oscar Robertson

3. Wilt Chamberlain

4. Bill Russell

5. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

6. Larry Bird

7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

8. Elgin Baylor

9. Jerry West

10. Julius Erving

Associated Press Top 10 Basketball Players of the 20th Century

1. Babe Ruth

2. Michael Jordan

3. Jim Thorpe

4. Muhammad Ali

5. Wayne Gretzky

Other notables

11. Wilt Chamberlain

24. Larry Bird

26. Oscar Robertson

31. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

32. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

57. Julius Erving

60. Jerry West

74. Elgin Baylor

ESPN Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century

1. Michael Jordan

2. Babe Ruth

3. Muhammad Ali

4. Jimmy Brown

5. Wayne Gretszky

Other notables

13. Wilt Chamberlain

17. Earvin "Magic" Johnson

18. Bill Russell

30. Larry Bird

36. Oscar Robertson

43. Julius Erving

800/800 Club

Oscar Robertson '61-62

700/700 Club

Oscar Robertson '62-'63

Oscar Robertson '63-64

Wilt Chamberlain '67-'68

Earvin Johnson '81-82

Rebounds

985

835

783

1952

751

Assists

899

758

868

702

743

1960-1961

Bob Pettit, St. Louis

Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles

Wilt Chamberlain, Phil.

Bob Cousy, Boston

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1961-1962

Bob Pettit, St. Louis

Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles

Wilt Chamberlain, Phil.

Jerry West, Los Angeles

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1962-1963

Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles

Bob Pettit, St. Louis

Bill Russell, Boston

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

Jerry West, Los Angeles

1963-1964

Bob Pettit, St. Louis

Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles

Wilt Chamberlain, S.F.

Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

Jerry West, Los Angeles

1966-1967 Rick Barry, San Francisco Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Wilt Chamberlain, Phil. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Jerry West, Los Angeles

1967-1968 Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati Wilt Chamberlain, Phil. Dave Bing, Detroit Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1968-1969 Billy Cunningham, Phil. Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Wes Unseld, Baltimore Earl Monroe, Baltimore Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1969-1970 Billy Cunningham, Phil. Connie Hawkins, Phoenix Willis Reed, New York Jerry West, Los Angeles Walt Frazier, New York Second Team Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Lew Alcinder, Milwaukee John Havlicek, Boston Lou Hudson, Atlanta Gus Johnson, Baltimore

1970-1971 John Havlicek, Boston Billy Cunningham, Phil. Lew Alcindor, Milwaukee Jerry West, Los Angeles Dave Bing, Detroit Second Team Oscar Robertson, Milwaukee Walt Frazier, New York Willis Reed, New York Bob Love, Chicago Gus Johnson, Baltimore

University of Cincinnati and The Big O 1957-1960 (Freshmen ineligible for Varsity)

Missouri Valley League Champions 1958, 1959, 1960 NCAA Tournament Appearances 1958, 1959, 1960 NCAA Regional Champions 1959, 1960 NCAA Final Four 1959, 1960 Three-year record 79 wins 9 losses Co-Captain 1959, 1960 18 U.C. records Three Time NCAA Player of the Year (first player to ever win three) Three Time NCAA Scoring Champion (first player to ever win three) NCAA All Time Scoring Leader 33.8 per game. 2,973 points (set in three years. Currently ranks 3rd) Jersey #12 retired by University of Cincinnati

CNN/Sports Illustrated 20th Century Team for the Ages Oscar Robertson - University of Cincinnati Jerry Lucas - Ohio State David Thompson - North Carolina State Bill Bradley - Princeton Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - UCLA

Dick Vitale's 20th Century All College Team Oscar Robertson - University of Cincinnati Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - UCLA Jerry West - West Virginia Jerry Lucas - Ohio State David Thompson - North Carolina State Pete Maravich - LSU Larry Bird - Indiana State

College Coach of the 20th Century -

John Wooden as named by the National Association of Basketball Coaches

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/1999/allcentury/main

Crispus Attucks High School 1952-1956

1955 City, Sectional, Regional and State Champions. 30-1

Crispus Attucks wins first Indiana State basketball title for the city of Indianapolis

30 points in state final win over Gary Roosevelt

Voted First Team All State

1956 City, Sectional, Regional and State Champions. 31-0

Crispus Attucks first unbeaten State Champion in Indiana History

45 consecutive victories over two seasons

39 points in state final win over Lafayette Jefferson

First Team All State

First Team All American

Voted Indiana's "Mr. Basketball"

Graduate's member of National Honor Society. 16 in class of 171