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Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24 , 1938 in Charlotte, Tennessee ) is a former NBA player and one of the greatest Basketball players in history. Coaching legend Red Auerbach described Robertson as the most versatile player he had ever seen play. To this day, he remains a standard by which other basketball legends are judged. A three-time All-State selection at Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis, Indiana , the "Big O" attended the University Of Cincinnati , from which he graduated in 1960. While there he established 19 school and 14 NCAA records. In his sophomore, junior and senior years Robertson was voted College Player of the Year and lead the nation in scoring. The 6-foot-5, 220-pound (1.96 m, 100 kg) Robertson co-captained the 1960 Olympic gold medal team with Jerry West, called by some the greatest assemblage of amateur basketball talent ever. His 14-year to give the Bucks their only NBA title. Robertson ended his career with 26,710 points (25.7 per game), 9,887 assists (9.5 per game) and 7,804 rebounds (7.5 per game), and was the all-time leader in career assists and free throws made. Robertson was ranked #3 on SLAM Magazine 's Top 75 NBA Players of all time in 2003 . After he retired as an active player, he worked as a color commentator with Brent Musburger on games televised by CBS during the 1974-1975 NBA season. Since his retirement from basketball, Robertson has served as honorary spokesman for the National Kidney Foundation , and in 1997 donated one of his own kidneys to his daughter Tia, who had suffered Lupus -related kidney failure. The United States Basketball Writers Association renamed their Player of the Year Award the Oscar Robertson Trophy in 1998. This trophy honors the top men's college basketball player each year. THE 1960 OLYMPICS Robertson was a starting forward on the Gold Medal -winning American basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics . Ten of the twelve college players on the undefeated American squad went on to play professionally in the NBA, including Jerry West , Walt Bellamy and Jerry Lucas . BOOKS
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