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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). 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.

Bob Boozer
Personal information
Born(1937-04-26)April 26, 1937
Omaha, Nebraska
DiedMay 19, 2012(2012-05-19) (aged 75)
Omaha, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolOmaha Technical (Omaha, Nebraska)
CollegeKansas State (1956–1959)
NBA draft1959 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Playing career1959–1971
PositionPower forward
Number13, 14, 15, 19, 20
Career history
1959–1960Peoria Caterpillars
1960–1963Cincinnati Royals
1963–1965New York Knicks
1965–1966Los Angeles Lakers
1966–1969Chicago Bulls
1969–1970Seattle SuperSonics
1970–1971Milwaukee 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
Points12,964 (14.8 ppg)
Rebounds7,119 (8.1 rpg)
Assists1,237 (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

Early years


Boozer as a junior at Kansas State
Boozer as a junior at Kansas State

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.[1] He attended Kansas State University, where he helped lead the Wildcats to the 1958 Final Four[2] 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.[3] During that year he played with the Peoria Caterpillars, where he won the National AAU Tournament title and earned MVP honors for the tournament.[4]

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.[3][5]


NBA career



Cincinnati Royals


In the fall of 1960, Boozer joined the Royals with Olympic teammate Oscar Robertson. As a rookie, Boozer contributed 6.4 points[6] and 6.2 rebounds in a reserve role. The following season, he earned a spot in the Royals’ starting lineup and averaged 13.7 points and 10.2 rebounds. Boozer continued to improve, averaging 14.3 points and 11.1 rebounds during the 1962–1963 season, but the emergence of forward Jerry Lucas, a future Hall-of-Famer, soon pushed Boozer out of the Royals' long-term plans.


Time with the Knicks and Lakers


Boozer's contract was sold to the New York Knicks in the middle of the 1963–64 season, and he spent the next 1½ seasons in New York. Though Boozer was a productive player with the Knicks, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1965. After one season in Los Angeles, where he played a supporting role amid players like Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, Boozer was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1966 NBA Expansion draft.


Chicago Bulls


Boozer was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 1966 NBA Expansion draft. Boozer flourished in his first year with Chicago, averaging 18.0 points and 8.5 rebounds and leading the young franchise into the playoffs. The following year, he averaged 21.5 points and 9.8 rebounds and became the third Bull to appear in the NBA All-Star Game (after Guy Rodgers and Jerry Sloan). During the 1968–1969 season, Boozer averaged a career-high 21.7 points per game, but the Bulls failed to make the playoffs, and Boozer was soon traded to the Seattle SuperSonics.


NBA career statistics


Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
   Won an NBA championship

Regular season


YearTeamGPMPGFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1960–61 Cincinnati 7919.9.415.6726.21.48.4
1961–62 Cincinnati 7931.5.438.70710.21.613.7
1962–63 Cincinnati 7931.5.444.71411.11.314.3
1963–64 Cincinnati 3222.7.416.6225.61.011.0
New York 4933.7.432.7707.61.317.5
1964–65 New York 8026.7.440.7797.61.414.2
1965–66 L.A. Lakers 7823.7.484.7797.01.112.2
1966–67 Chicago 8030.6.487.7818.51.118.0
1967–68 Chicago 7738.8.492.7689.81.621.5
1968–69 Chicago 7936.4.481.8067.82.021.7
1969–70 Seattle 8231.1.491.8228.71.315.2
1970–71† Milwaukee 8022.2.450.8185.41.69.1
Career 87429.2.462.7618.11.414.8

Playoffs


Year Team GP MPG FG% FT% RPG APG PPG
1962 Cincinnati 435.8.561.75010.50.818.3
1963 Cincinnati 1231.8.413.7148.01.513.3
1966 L.A. Lakers 1018.1.400.7505.00.76.7
1967 Chicago 335.0.632.78611.70.319.7
1968 Chicago 538.0.452.7378.82.418.8
1971 Milwaukee† 1420.2.482.7595.31.27.4
Career 4826.7.467.7397.11.211.6

Later career


He spent one productive season with the Sonics and then joined the Milwaukee Bucks and won an NBA championship with the team in 1971. He retired after that season.[7] He ended his career with 12,964 total points and 7,119 total rebounds.


Later years


Boozer returned to Omaha after his career ended, and worked as an executive for the Bell Systems.[3] He was later appointed to the Nebraska Parole Board and volunteered at Boys Town, the home for troubled youth.[7]

Bob Boozer Drive is a street named in his honor in his native Omaha.

Boozer died due to a brain aneurysm in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 2012.[7] He was 75.


References


  1. "Bob Gibson, Bob Boozer: mutual champs of Omaha". May 23, 2012.
  2. Chatelain, Dirk (May 21, 2012), "Omaha's Bob Boozer left mark on basketball greats", Omaha World-Herald, archived from the original on January 30, 2013
  3. Crowe, Jerry (October 8, 2010), "Bob Boozer put his NBA dreams on hold to play for a dream team", Los Angeles Times
  4. "1960 CATERPILLAR BASKETBALL Greater Peoria Sports Hall Of Fame".
  5. "Bob Boozer, a 1960 Olympian, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. Associated Press. May 22, 2012. p. A24. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012.
  6. 1960 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men.
  7. "Ex-NBA great Bob Boozer dies at age 75; helped lead star-studded 1960 US Olympic team to gold", The Washington Post, May 20, 2012, archived from the original on May 20, 2012



На других языках


- [en] Bob Boozer

[es] Bob Boozer

Robert Louis "Bob" Boozer (nacido el 26 de abril de 1937 en Omaha, Nebraska y fallecido el 19 de mayo de 2012) fue un jugador de baloncesto estadounidense que jugó durante 11 temporadas en la NBA. con 2,03 metros de altura, jugaba de alero.

[fr] Bob Boozer

Robert Louis "Bob" Boozer, né le 26 avril 1937, et mort le 19 mai 2012[1], est un joueur américain professionnel de basket-ball. Boozer est né et a grandi à North Omaha (en), Nebraska, diplômé du lycée "Technical" d'Omaha.

[it] Bob Boozer

Robert Lewis "Bob" Boozer (Omaha, 26 aprile 1937 – Omaha, 19 maggio 2012[1]) è stato un cestista statunitense, professionista nella NBA.

[ru] Бузер, Боб

Ро́берт Лу́ис «Боб» Бу́зер (англ. Robert Louis "Bob" Boozer; 26 апреля 1937 (1937-04-26), Омаха, штат Небраска — 19 мая 2012, Омаха, штат Небраска) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, чемпион Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации в составе «Милуоки Бакс» и Олимпийский чемпион Рима 1960 года.



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