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 2023-2024 regular season, Pettit is still the only regular season MVP in the history of the Hawks.

Sep 14, 2021 · Bob Pettit was the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award. He also won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award four times during his NBA career. Pettit’s 50-point...

Dec 22, 2021 · The first to 20,000 career points, the first to score 50 in a championship game, the first to win the Most Valuable Player award, Pettit blazed a trail for the truly remarkable power...

Wilt Chamberlain (center) won the award four times in his career. Bob Pettit was the first player to win multiple MVP awards. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record-setting six times in his career. Larry Bird was the last player to win the award in three consecutive years.

Bob was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player award for the 1955-56 and 1958-59 seasons. He was All-NBA First Team ten times and All-NBA Second Team once during his eleven-year career.

Nov 13, 2024 · Bob Pettit, left, of the St. Louis Hawks, and rookie Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers, hold the cup they won the night before as they were named co-winners of the ninth annual East-West All Star game's most valuable player award on Jan. 24, 1959, in Detroit, Mi.

Check all the awards won and nominated for by Bob Pettit - All-NBA Team (1964) , All-NBA Team (1963) , All-NBA Team (1962) and more awards. Robert Lee

Nov 26, 2023 · Bob Pettit’s legacy includes being the first-ever recipient of the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and leading the St. Louis Hawks to their first NBA Championship.

He was awarded the first NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 1956, winning it again in 1959. In 1970, Pettit was added to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Sep 13, 2021 · Most Valuable Player — Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks. Rookie of the Year — Maurice Stokes, Rochester Royals.