{"id":100883,"date":"2026-09-25T00:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bob-pettit-nba-hall-of-famer-and-its-first-mvp-dies-at-93\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T00:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:48:46","slug":"bob-pettit-nba-hall-of-famer-and-its-first-mvp-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/bob-pettit-nba-hall-of-famer-and-its-first-mvp-dies-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Pettit, NBA Hall of Famer and its first MVP, dies at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBA&#8217;s first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit&#8217;s alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit was an All-American at LSU before going on to the NBA, where he was an All-Star for each of his 11 seasons, all with the Hawks. He led them to the 1958 championship over the mighty Boston Celtics, the Hawks&#8217; lone title.<\/p>\n<p>He was also the NBA MVP in 1959 and was the MVP of the All-Star Game four times, an achievement matched only by Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/25\/cab85dd9-3f2e-4f95-98bc-be0891e87ae9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/64fadcbe196d811e40b578c73aa46fb3\/ap26267778969296.jpg#\" alt=\"Bob Pettit, NBA Hall of Famer and its first MVP, dies at 93 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/25\/cab85dd9-3f2e-4f95-98bc-be0891e87ae9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/64fadcbe196d811e40b578c73aa46fb3\/ap26267778969296.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/25\/cab85dd9-3f2e-4f95-98bc-be0891e87ae9\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/023aeea07b5378c49a73569315353c95\/ap26267778969296.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">FILE &#8211; In this Dec. 10, 1957, file photo, Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks leaps to make a one-handed shot in an NBA basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/File<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pettit was a force at a time when the NBA featured the likes of Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson and Elgin Baylor. But it was also before a time when the NBA was widely seen on television, and Pettit \u2014 playing in a smaller market \u2014 was denied a larger audience.<\/p>\n<p>At 6-foot-9 and 205 pounds and with a deeply receding hairline, Pettit was a physical presence at power forward, before such a position became part of basketball&#8217;s vocabulary. He rarely missed a game. He also played center and was one of the first big men who did not play solely with his back to the basket.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit was the Rookie of the Year in 1955, the last year the Hawks played in Milwaukee before moving to St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>He captured the MVP the next season, leading the league in scoring at 25.7 points a game. He also was the NBA&#8217;s scoring leader in 1959 at 29.2 points.<\/p>\n<p>He retired after the 1964-65 season with career averages of 26.4 points and 16.2 rebounds. At that time, he was the NBA&#8217;s career leader in points (20,880) and second in rebounds (12,849).<\/p>\n<p>He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lean, graceful, and always well-conditioned, Bob Pettit&#8217;s physical build made him one of the first big men to play facing the basket,&#8221; reads Pettit&#8217;s biographical profile at the Hall of Fame. &#8220;But Pettit&#8217;s resolve set him apart from his peers; he simply would not be outworked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Lee Pettit Jr. was born on Dec. 12, 1932, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father worked in law enforcement and served as East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff. Pettit was a late bloomer in basketball, not making the Baton Rouge High School varsity until his junior season.<\/p>\n<p>As a senior, he led Baton Rouge to a state championship and wound up with more than a dozen college offers. He chose to stay home and starred at LSU as a sophomore, an era when players could not join the varsity until then.<\/p>\n<p>He led the Southeastern Conference in scoring all three of his seasons, with averages of 25.5 points as a sophomore, 24.9 as a junior and 31.4 as a senior.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit is one of only three LSU players \u2014 Pete Maravich and Shaquille O&#8217;Neal the others \u2014 to earn a place in the Hall of Fame. Bronze statues of Pettit and O&#8217;Neal stand outside LSU&#8217;s home arena, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. His No. 50 is retired by LSU, his No. 9 by the Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit&#8217;s misfortune was that most of his career coincided with a run of Celtics championships that remains one of the most dominant runs in American pro sports history.<\/p>\n<p>Pettit was two victories short of being a three-time NBA champion. Pettit&#8217;s Hawks advanced to the finals four times, all against Boston, twice losing in seven games.<\/p>\n<p>The first meeting, won by Boston in 1957, came down to double overtime of Game 7. The second ended with a championship for the Hawks, interrupting Boston&#8217;s run of nine titles in 10 seasons. The Hawks also dropped NBA Finals matchups with the Celtics in 1960 (in seven games) and 1961 (in five).<\/p>\n<p>Pettit retired to his native Baton Rouge after leaving basketball and worked in banking and financial consulting. 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