About Bob Wiesenhahn
Born 1938. Bob Wiesenhahn is an American basketball player.
Robert B. Wiesenhahn Jr. (born December 22, 1938) is an American former professional basketball player.
Early life Wiesenhahn attended McNicholas High School in Cincinnati. He played basketball for the Rockets and graduated in 1957.
College career Wiesenhahn played college basketball at the University of Cincinnati.
As a sophomore in 1958–59, Wiesenhahn was a starting forward on the nationally ranked team led by Oscar Robertson. Wiesenhahn averaged 6.2 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as the 26–4 Bearcats won the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) title and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, where they finished in third place nationally.
As a junior in 1959–60, Wiesenhahn averaged 7.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. The Bearcats posted a 28–2 record, won the MVC title and again advanced to the Final Four, but they again had to settle for third place. Wiesenhahn was named to the All-MVC team He played one season, 1961–62, for the 43–37 Royals, and in 60 games he averaged 2.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.
The next season, 1962–63, he played for the American Basketball League, but the league folded in December 1962. He is also a member of the McNicholas High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 2014 at age 75 he continues to work out regularly and closely follows local high school basketball as well as college and NBA basketball. He has two sons and two daughters.
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American basketball player
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Bob Wiesenhahn was born on 22 December 1938 in Cincinnati.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bob Wiesenhahn. https://biography.guide/bob-wiesenhahn/
MLA: "Bob Wiesenhahn." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/bob-wiesenhahn/.
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