Bob Pettit

Bob Pettit is one of those names that quietly anchors basketball history. The first-ever NBA MVP, a two-time winner, a four-time All-Star Game MVP, and Rookie of the Year out of LSU at 206 cm, he was clearly a force from the moment he arrived. What draws me to him is the workmanlike greatness rather than flash, a player who simply produced, season after season, in the league's formative years. It is easy to forget the foundations beneath today's spectacle. I think of Pettit as one of the men who laid them, and he deserves far more than a footnote.

Name (English)

Bob Pettit

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・ペティット

Reading

ぼぶ・ぺてぃっと

Born

December 12, 1932 (age 93)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Origin

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Height

206 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

High school

Baton Rouge Magnet High School

University

Louisiana State University

Awards & achievements

• 1956 NBA Most Valuable Player Award
• 1956 NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
• 1955 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• 1955 All-NBA Team
• 1956 All-NBA Team
• 1957 All-NBA Team
• 1958 All-NBA Team
• 1958 NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Pettit
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368561

Tags

• Louisiana
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.