Oscar Palmer Robertson was born on the 24th November 1938, in Charlotte, Tennessee USA, and is a retired basketball player, who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His playing career was active from 1960 until 1974.
Have you ever wondered how rich Oscar Robertson is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Robertson`s net worth is as high as $4 million, an amount earned through his successful career as a basketball player.
Oscar Robertson Net Worth $4 Million
Oscar was raised in Indianapolis, spending his childhood days in a segregated housing project in the city. Since the early days he fell in love with basketball, different to his peers, who played baseball. He went to Crispus Attucks High School, which at the time was an all-black school, where his career began. He played for the school`s basketball team, and became one of the best players in the league; they won the championship in his junior year, with his team having a record of 31 wins and only one loss in the regular season. Following his high school matriculation, Oscar enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, where he continued his dominance. Averaging 33.8 points per game, he won the NCAA scoring title in all three years that he played in college, and won several other awards and recognitions, including First team All-MVC three times, Consensus first-team All-American also three times, UPI College Player of the Year, all three years, and Helms College Player of the Year two times, among many other awards.
Before he entered NBA, Oscar was a part of the USA National basketball team that won Olympic gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome. Alongside Jerry West, Jerry Lucas and Terry Dischinger, he was one of main players that brought title to the USA.
In the 1960 NBA Draft, Oscar was selected as the territorial pick by the Cincinnati Royals (now the Sacramento Kings) where he stayed for the next ten seasons, becoming the best player in the franchise’s history. In his debut season, Robertson averaged 30.5 points, 9.7 assists and 10.1 rebounds, which earned him the rookie of the year award. The next season was even better, as he averaged a triple double the whole season, with 30.8 points, 11.4 assists and 12.5 rebounds. Until 1967-1968 his numbers were one of the best in the league, however, the Royals weren`t competitive enough to win an NBA title, and as a result, and because of the jealousy of his coach Bob Cousy, Oscar was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Flynn Robinson and Charlie Paulk. However, his net worth was well established.
Teaming up with Lew Alcindor, better known to the world as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee won the NBA title in 1971, as they swept the Baltimore Bullets. His last season with the Bucks was 1974, when they reached finals once again, but losing to the Boston Celtics. Nevertheless, Oscar has been one of the greatest players in the NBA league history; voted by ESPN he is the 36th best American athlete of the 20th century.
During his playing career, Robertson won numerous awards and accolades, including 12 All-Star game appearances, nine All-NBA First team; he was six times the assists leader, and also the jersey numbers he wore, both in Cincinnati (Sacramento), and in Milwaukee were retired by the teams. He was inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980.
After retirement, Oscar found many engagements; he served as a color commentator for CBS, alongside Brent Musburger for the 1974-1975 season. Away from basketball, Oscar was the director for Countrywide Financial Corporation until 2008, when the company was acquired by the Bank of America.
Regarding his personal life, Oscar has been married to Yvonne Crittenden since 1960; the couple has three children. One of his children needed a kidney transplant due to the lupus-related kidney failure, and Oscar donated his kidney; since then he has serves as honorary spokesman for the National Kidney Foundation. Back in 2007, Oscar was presented with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Cincinnati, for his contribution to the University. Also, he has continually focused on improving conditions for black people in Indianapolis.
