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  1.                                  Bob Pettit was one of the 
  2.                                  great forwards in the early 
  3.                                  years of the NBA. An 
  4.                                  outstanding offensive 
  5.                                  rebounder for the St. 
  6. Louis Hawks, Bob was the first NBA player
  7. to score more than 20,000 career points. 
  8.  
  9. During his senior season at Louisiana State
  10. University, Bob averaged 31.4 points per 
  11. game. After the Milwaukee Hawks drafted
  12. him, they switched his position from center
  13. to forward. He was named Rookie of the
  14. Year in 1954-55. The next season Bob and
  15. the Hawks moved from Milwaukee to St.
  16. Louis.
  17.  
  18. In 1958, Bob helped the St. Louis 
  19. Hawks clinch the NBA title, scoring