Oscar Robertson inducted into International Hall of Fame

The greatest basketball player in the rich basketball history of the University of Cincinnati now has been inducted into the Federation Internationale de Basketball’s (FIBA) 2009 Hall of Fame class.  Robertson was one of eleven inductees and the only American basketball player to be inducted. Often known as “The Big O,” Oscar Robertson is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.  He led the Bearcats to two Final Four appearances, won national player of the year three times, was named “Player of the Century” by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, set NBA records that many believe will never be broken, and was voted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1979 in his first year of eligibility. Read full article here.

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The greatest basketball player in the rich basketball history of the University of Cincinnati now has been inducted into the Federation Internationale de Basketball’s (FIBA) 2009 Hall of Fame class.  Robertson was one of eleven inductees and the only American basketball player to be inducted.

Often known as “The Big O,” Oscar Robertson is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.  He led the Bearcats to two Final Four appearances, won national player of the year three times, was named “Player of the Century” by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, set NBA records that many believe will never be broken, and was voted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1979 in his first year of eligibility.

Read full article here.

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