Emiliano Rodríguez | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 180 |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Birth Date: | 10 June 1937 |
Birth Place: | San Feliz de Torío, León, Spain |
Career Start: | 1958 |
Career End: | 1973 |
Career Position: | Small forward |
Years1: | 1958–1960 |
Team1: | Aismalíbar |
Years2: | 1960–1973 |
Team2: | Real Madrid |
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Fiba Hof Player: | Emiliano-Rodr%C3%ADguez |
Emiliano Rodríguez (pronounced as /es/; born 10 June 1937) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2008, Rodríguez was chosen as one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.
At the club level, Rodríguez played for Aismalíbar (1958–1960), and Real Madrid (1960–1973). With Real, he won four FIBA European Champions' Cups (now called EuroLeague) (1964, 1965, 1967, and 1968), 12 Spanish League titles (1961–1966, 1968–1973) and nine Spanish Cup titles (1961, 1962, 1965–1967, 1970–1973).[1] He was the top scorer of the Spanish League in 1963 and 1964.
Rodríguez played in 175 games with the senior Spain national basketball team, participating in the 1960 Summer Olympics, the 1968 Summer Olympic Games,[2] and seven EuroBaskets, in the years 1959, 1961, 1963 (named the tournament's MVP), 1965, 1967, 1969, and 1971.