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): Andrew Ladd • Dattu Phadkar • Dickey Betts • Edvard Munch • Fiona May • Heiner Flassbeck • Lonah Chemtai Salpeter • Mayim Bialik • Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood • Sheila E. • Stephen Warnock

Born in the same month (December 1932): Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs • Bobby Whitton • Charlie Rich • Dhirubhai Ambani • Don James (American football) • Edward Hoagland • George Furth • John Bond (footballer) • Little Richard • Nobel Prize in Physics • Oktay Ekşi • On Kawara • Phil Woosnam • Quentin Blake • Richard Clark Barkley • Roger Smith (actor) • Rosemary Rogers • Roy Hattersley • Takao Fujinami • U. R. Ananthamurthy