Bob Boozer
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| Born |
April 26, 1937 Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Died | May 19, 2012 (aged 75) Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school |
Omaha Technical (Omaha, Nebraska) |
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| College | Kansas State (1956–1959) | ||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1959 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall | ||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Cincinnati Royals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1959–1971 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13, 14, 15, 19, 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Peoria Caterpillars | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Cincinnati Royals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1965 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Los Angeles Lakers | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1969 | Chicago Bulls | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Milwaukee Bucks | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Points | 12,964 (14.8 ppg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 7,119 (8.1 rpg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Assists | 1,237 (1.4 apg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||||||
| Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||||||
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2016 |
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Robert Louis Boozer (April 26, 1937 – May 19, 2012) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won a gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics and won an NBA Championship as a member of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1971.
Boozer was born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Tech High in Omaha. One of his teammates was future Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bob Gibson. He attended Kansas State University, where he helped lead the Wildcats to the 1958 Final Four and where he received All-America honors in 1958 and 1959. A versatile 6’ 8" forward, he was selected by the Cincinnati Royals with the first non-territorial pick of the 1959 NBA Draft, but he postponed his NBA career for one year so that he could remain eligible to play in the 1960 Summer Olympics. During that year he played with the Peoria Caterpillars, where he won the National AAU Tournament title and earned MVP honors for the tournament.
He won a gold medal with the Olympic team after they won eight games by an average of 42.4 points. The team was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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