Bob Pettit

Robert E. Lee Pettit Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the 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. He also won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award four times. As of the end of 2022-2023 regular season, Pettit is still the only regular season MVP in the history of the Hawks. Pettit is the leader for most career rebounds (12,849), and most rebounds per game with 16.2 in Hawks franchise history.

12 December 1932

Born on the same birth day (12 December): Bill Nighy • Cathy Rigby • Dattu Phadkar • Don Keith • Dorin Goian • Edward G. Robinson • Jennifer Connelly • Louise Thuliez • Përparim Hetemaj • Robert Noyce • Sharad Pawar • Ted Kennedy (ice hockey) • Toshiko Akiyoshi • Wilfred Kirochi • Wings Hauser • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

Born in the same month (December 1932): Abbe Lane • Billy Edd Wheeler • Bobby Whitton • Colin Cowdrey • Dhirubhai Ambani • Donald Byrd • Ellen Burstyn • Felix Rexhausen • George Furth • Harry Howell (ice hockey) • Inga Swenson • Keith Waldrop • Lola Hendricks • Nichelle Nichols • Nobel Prize in Physics