First player ever to average a triple-double in a season (’61-’62, when he somehow still finished third in MVP voting), an accomplishment that took 65 years to be repeated, a champion with the ’70-’71 Bucks, an Olympic gold medalist, and a pioneer in NBA free agency and labor relations.
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- As social justice activist
- Missing out on league MVP in a controversial voting (1962, 1963)
- Nicknamed “The Big O”
- On ’70-’71 Milwaukee Bucks (greatest teams)
- On 1960 U.S. Olympic team
- Suing the NBA (1970)
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