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AP News reports: FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1957, file photo, Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1957, file photo, Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Blocking Pettit is Dick Ricketts (24) of the Royals as Jim Paxson (11) watches play. (AP Photo/File) San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan (21) shakes hands with former NBA player Bob Pettit before the start of the Spurs New Orleans Hornets NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File) Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, holds his trophy after being named most valuable player in National Basketball Association All-Star Game in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22, 1958. (AP Photo/File) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBA’s first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93. Pettit’s alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a cause of death. Pettit was an All-American at LSU before going on to the NBA, where he was an All-Star for each of his 11 seasons, all with the Hawks. He led them to the 1958 championship over the mighty Boston Celtics, the Hawks’ lone title.
AP News reports: FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1957, file photo, Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
AP News reports: FILE - In this Dec. 10, 1957, file photo, Bob Pettit, of the St. Louis Hawks, leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
