Bob Love Facts for Kids

For the Australian footballer, see Bob Love (footballer). For the British lawn bowler, see Bob Love (bowls).

Quick facts for kids
Bob Love
Chicago Bulls
Love with the Chicago Bulls
Director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador
Personal information
Born	(1942-12-08) December 8, 1942 (age 81) Bastrop, Louisiana, U.S.
High school	Morehouse (Bastrop, Louisiana)
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Southern (1961–1965)
NBA Draft	1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 33rd overall
Selected by the Cincinnati Royals
Pro career	1965–1977
League	NBA
Career history
1965–1966	Trenton Colonials
1966–1968	Cincinnati Royals
1968	Milwaukee Bucks
1968–1976	Chicago Bulls
1976–1977	New York Nets
1977	Seattle SuperSonics

Career highlights and awards
3× NBA All-Star (1971–1973) 2× All-NBA Second Team (1971, 1972) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1972–1974) No. 10 retired by Chicago Bulls EPBL Rookie of the Year (1966) 2× NAIA All-American (1963, 1965) 3× First-team All-SWAC (1963–1965) No. 41 retired by Southern Jaguars

Career NBA statistics
Points	13,895 (17.6 ppg)
Rebounds	4,653 (5.9 rpg)
Assists	1,123 (1.4 apg)

Robert Earl "Butterbean" Love (born December 8, 1942) is an American former professional basketball player who spent the prime of his career with the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A versatile forward who could shoot with either his left or right hand, Love now works as the Bulls' director of community affairs and goodwill ambassador. His "Butterbean" nickname dates back to his boyhood when he was fond of the legume.

High school and college career
Professional career
NBA career statistics
- Regular season
- Playoffs
Executive career
See also

High school and college career

After starring at Morehouse High School (now defunct) in Louisiana, Love played basketball for Southern University, where he also became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega. He earned All-America honors in 1963.

Professional career

In 1965, the Cincinnati Royals selected the 6’8" forward in the fourth round of the 1965 NBA draft. Love failed to make the team, and instead spent the 1965–66 NBA season in the Eastern Basketball League. After averaging over 25 points per game, Love earned the EBL Rookie of the Year Award and gained enough confidence to try out for the Royals once more. He made the team on his second attempt and played two seasons for the Royals, largely in a reserve role. Love made his NBA debut on October 18, 1966. In 1968, the Milwaukee Bucks selected him in the NBA Expansion Draft and traded him to the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 1968–69 season.

Love flourished while playing for Dick Motta's Bulls. In 1969–70, he became a full-time starter, averaging 21 points and 8.7 rebounds. The following two seasons he averaged 25.2 and 25.8 points per game, appeared in his first two NBA All-Star Games, and earned All-NBA Second Team honors both seasons. Love also appeared in the 1973 All-Star Game, and he would average at least 19 points and six rebounds every season until 1976–77. Love was named to the NBA's All-Defense Second Team in 1974 and 1975.

His #10 jersey was the second jersey number to be retired by the Chicago Bulls. Jerry Sloan's #4 was the first. Love's 1995 wedding ceremony to Rachel Dixon took place at the United Center.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1966–67	Cincinnati	66	-	16.3	.429	-	.633	3.9	0.7	-	-	6.7
1967–68	Cincinnati	72	-	14.8	.424	-	.684	2.9	0.8	-	-	6.4
1968–69	Milwaukee	14	-	16.2	.368	-	.763	4.6	0.2	-	-	7.6
1968–69	Chicago	35	-	9.0	.416	-	.724	2.5	0.4	-	-	5.1
1969–70	Chicago	82*	-	38.1	.466	-	.842	8.7	1.8	-	-	21.0
1970–71	Chicago	81	-	43.0	.447	-	.829	8.5	2.3	-	-	25.2
1971–72	Chicago	79	-	39.3	.442	-	.784	6.6	1.6	-	-	25.8
1972–73	Chicago	82*	-	37.0	.431	-	.824	6.5	1.5	-	-	23.1
1973–74	Chicago	82*	-	40.1	.417	-	.818	6.0	1.6	1.0	0.3	21.8
1974–75	Chicago	61	-	39.4	.429	-	.830	6.3	1.7	1.0	0.2	22.0
1975–76	Chicago	76	-	37.1	.390	-	.801	6.7	1.9	0.8	0.1	19.1
1976–77	Chicago	14	-	35.4	.338	-	.761	5.2	1.6	0.6	0.1	12.2
1976–77	New York	13	-	17.5	.462	-	.846	2.9	0.3	0.1	0.2	10.1
1976–77	Seattle	32	-	14.1	.372	-	.872	2.7	0.7	0.4	0.1	4.1
Career		789	-	31.8	.429	-	.805	5.9	1.4	0.8	0.2	17.6

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1969–70	Chicago	5	-	34.4	.385	-	.792	9.2	0.8	-	-	11.8
1970–71	Chicago	7	-	47.1*	.491	-	.806	7.3	1.4	-	-	26.7*
1971–72	Chicago	4	-	43.3	.360	-	.846	6.8	1.8	-	-	18.8
1972–73	Chicago	7	-	44.9	.459	-	.732	9.6	3.3	-	-	23.7
1973–74	Chicago	11	-	44.5	.405	-	.763	5.7	2.2	1.3	0.5	23.0
1974–75	Chicago	13	-	44.8	.437	-	.779	7.5	1.5	0.8	0.4	25.8
Career		47	-	43.9	.431	-	.776	7.5	1.9	1.0	0.4	22.9

Executive career

Love in 2010

Love ended his NBA career with the Bulls after spending parts of the 1976–77 season in New York and Seattle. He would finish with career totals of 13,895 points, 1,123 assists, and 4,653 rebounds. Love developed a stutter in childhood, and some say it prevented him from finding meaningful employment after his playing days were over. At one point, Love was hired as a busboy and dishwasher by Nordstrom where he earned $4.45 an hour. Eventually, John Nordstrom, the director of the family business, was so impressed with the former NBA star's work ethic, he offered to pay for speech therapy classes. Nordstrom later promoted Love to be the corporate spokesperson. In 1993, Love returned to the Chicago Bulls as their director of community relations. One of his duties in this position involves regularly speaking to school children. Love has also become a motivational speaker.

Bob Love facts for kids

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