Bobby Watson (basketball player)

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{For|the basketball coach|Bobby Watson (basketball coach)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Bobby Watson

| position = Guard

| number = 12

| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|22}}

| birth_place = Central City, Kentucky

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|31|1930|3|22}}

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 160

| highschool = Owensboro (Owensboro, Kentucky)

| college = Kentucky (1949–1952)

| draft_year = 1952

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 21

| draft_team = Milwaukee Hawks

| career_start = 1954

| career_end = 1955

| years1 = {{nbay|1954|full=y}}

| team1 = Minneapolis Lakers

| years2 = {{nbay|1954|end}}

| team2 = Milwaukee Hawks

| stats_league = NBA

| stat1label = Points

| stat1value = 175 (2.8 ppg)

| stat2label = Rebound

| stat2value = 87 (1.4 rpg)

| stat3label = Assists

| stat3value = 79 (1.3 apg)

| highlights =

• NCAA champion (1951)

}}

Robert E. Watson (March 22, 1930 – January 31, 2017) was a guard who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Watson was drafted by the Milwaukee Hawks in the 1952 NBA draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/watsobo01.html|title=Bobby Watson NBA stats|website=Basketball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|accessdate=10 October 2023}} He first played in the NBA with the Minneapolis Lakers in 1954 before being traded back to the Milwaukee Hawks for Lew Hitch.

He died on January 31, 2017, at the age of 86.[http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Former-Wildcat-Bobby-Watson-dies-412492463.html Former Wildcat Bobby Watson dies]