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): Adolf Bötticher • Bill Nighy • Colin Todd • Connie Francis • Dionne Warwick • Grover Washington Jr. • John Sandfield Macdonald • Orlando Hudson • Sammy Korir • Sašo Udovič • Sheila E. • Vladimir Shainsky • Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz

Born in the same month (December 1932): Abbe Lane • Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs • Bobby Whitton • Colin Cowdrey • Donald Byrd • Edward Hoagland • Felix Rexhausen • George Furth • Harry Howell (ice hockey) • Jesse Belvin • Mabel King • Manuel Puig • Nobel Prize in Physics • Norm Provan • On Kawara • Quentin Blake • Richard Clark Barkley • Roger Smith (actor) • Takao Fujinami • U. R. Ananthamurthy • Wayne Tippit