For the American football and athletic director, see Bob Boozer (American football).
Bob Boozer
Personal information
Born
(1937-04-26)April 26, 1937 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Died
May 19, 2012(2012-05-19) (aged 75) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school
Omaha Technical (Omaha, Nebraska)
College
Kansas State (1956–1959)
NBA draft
1959: 1st round, 1st overall pick
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
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1971)
NBA All-Star (1968)
AAU champion (1960)
AAU MVP (1960)
AAU All-American (1960)
2× Consensus first-team All-American (1958, 1959)
2× Big Eight Player of the Year (1958, 1959)
No. 30 retired by Kansas State Wildcats
Career NBA statistics
Points
12,964 (14.8 ppg)
Rebounds
7,119 (8.1 rpg)
Assists
1,237 (1.4 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2016
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing United States
Olympic Games
1960 Rome
Team competition
Pan American Games
1959 Chicago
Team competition
Robert Louis Boozer (April 26, 1937 – May 19, 2012) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer 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 a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team, which was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a unit in 2010.
Louis Boozer (April 26, 1937 – May 19, 2012) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Boozer won a...
Philadelphia Warriors' territorial pick. BobBoozer was the first overall pick, although Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Ferry had been taken before the draft as...
players selected. BobBoozer from Kansas State University was selected first overall by the Cincinnati Royals. Wilt Chamberlain and Bob Ferry were selected...
Association List of second-generation NBA players The first two were BobBoozer (eighth season, 1968) and Kyle Lowry (ninth, 2015) "2012 FIBA Americas...
in NBA history. Led by guards Guy Rodgers and Jerry Sloan, and forward BobBoozer, the Bulls qualified for the playoffs, the only NBA team to do so in their...
star players, including Bob Kurland, from professional leagues. Don Barksdale (Oakland Blue 'n Gold Atlas) Inducted, 2012 BobBoozer (Peoria Caterpillars)...
Young Jacob Boozer III (born November 23, 1948) is an American politician who was the 39th State Treasurer of Alabama from 2011 to 2019 and is the 41st...
along with BobBoozer of Kansas State, Johnny Cox of Kentucky, Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati, and Jerry West of West Virginia. Howell, Boozer, Robertson...
October 14, 1965, he was traded to the New York Knicks in exchange for BobBoozer and cash considerations. In his first season, he led the team in scoring...
Division teams. The Bulls' selections included former first overall pick BobBoozer, three-time All-Star Johnny Kerr and one-time All-Star Len Chappell. Kerr...
Denver-Chicago Truckers. When the NBA's No. 1 overall choice of the 1959 draft, BobBoozer, an All-American from Kansas State, spurned Cincinnati Royals's pro franchise...
draft pick (Clifford Ray was later selected) to the Chicago Bulls for BobBoozer and Barry Clemens. Kauffman played a reserve role for the Bulls in 1969–70...
Milton Scaron 1960 Rome details United States Jay Arnette Walt Bellamy BobBoozer Terry Dischinger Burdette Haldorson Darrall Imhoff Allen Kelley Lester...
1926) 2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b. 1944) 2012 – BobBoozer, American basketball player (b. 1937) 2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor...
between the Pistons and Bullets. On June 9, 1964, the Pistons sent Ohl, center Bob Ferry, forward Bailey Howell, forward Les Hunter and the draft rights to...
Oscar Robertson. Robertson led a team that included Twyman, Wayne Embry, BobBoozer, Bucky Bockhorn, Tom Hawkins and Adrian Smith over the next three seasons...
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