Both Wilt Chamberlain of the 1959-60 Philadelphia Warriors and Wes Unseld of the 1968-69 Baltimore Bullets won the NBA Rookie of the Year and MVP awards in the same season.
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Fred Lynn, who also won the League MVP.
The only NBA players that won Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year were, Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets in 1968-69 and Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959-60.
Frank Robinson was National League Rookie of the Year in 1956, American League Triple Crown winner in 1966, National League MVP in 1961 and American League MVP in 1966. I don't know of a second.
Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets was both MVP and Rookie of the Year of the 1968-69 NBA season.
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Daniel "Boobie" Gibson of the Cleveland Cavaliers won MVP for the 2008 NBA Rookie Challenge. The Rookie Challeng took place on Feburary 15, 2008 in New Oreleans.
He won 5 league MVP's and 6 NBA final's MVP.
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As of the 2008 season that has happened twice: Frank Robinson - 1956 National League Rookie of the Year and 1966 American League MVP Dick Allen - 1964 National League Rookie of the Year and 1972 American League MVP
Fred Lynn, who also won the League MVP.
Frank Robinson was National League Rookie of the Year in 1956, American League Triple Crown winner in 1966, National League MVP in 1961 and American League MVP in 1966. I don't know of a second.
The only NBA players that won Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same year were, Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets in 1968-69 and Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959-60.
Wes Unseld of the Baltimore Bullets was both MVP and Rookie of the Year of the 1968-69 NBA season.
No rookie since the NHL's inception has ever won the Hart Memorial Trophy (The league MVP trophy which was first presented in 1924) in his rookie year.