Félix Javier Pérez Explained

Félix Javier Pérez
Height Ft:6
Height In:10
Weight Lb:250
Position:Center
Birth Date:31 May 1971
Birth Place:Guayama, Puerto Rico
Death Place:Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Nationality:American
Career Start:1990
Career End:2004
Years1:1990–1997
Team1:Mets de Guaynabo
Years2:1998–1999
Team2:Atléticos de San Germán
Years3:2000–2001
Team3:Piratas de Quebradillas
Years4:2002
Team4:Capitanes de Arecibo
Years5:2003
Team5:Leones de Ponce
Years6:2003–2004
Team6:Capitanes de Arecibo

Félix Javier Pérez Rivera (May 31, 1971 – September 21, 2005) was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. In 15 seasons in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), Pérez played for the Mets de Guaynabo, Atléticos de San Germán, Piratas de Quebradillas, Leones de Ponce, and Capitanes de Arecibo.[1] In 1995, he led the league in rebounds with an average of 10.3 per game.

Pérez was a member of the Puerto Rican national basketball team. As part of the national team, he participated in the 1994 Goodwill Games where Puerto Rico won the gold medal, and the 1994 FIBA World Championship.

Pérez was killed on September 21, 2005, outside his home in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, when he tried to help his neighbor during a robbery. He had a wife, Sara Aponte, and four children.[2]

In 2010, Glorimari Jaime Rodríguez, mayor of Pérez's hometown Guayama, announced that the basketball stadium of Cimarrona would be renamed in his honor.[3]

Statistics

|-| align="left" | 1990| align="left" | Guaynabo| 6 || .500 || .000 || .250 || 1.5 || 0.2 || 2.0|-| align="left" | 1991| align="left" | Guaynabo| 14 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.6 || 0.1 || 1.3|-| align="left" | 1992| align="left" | Guaynabo| 33 || .556 || .000 || .475 || 9.7 || 0.8 || 8.7|-| align="left" | 1993| align="left" | Guaynabo| 30 || .488 || .286 || .442 || 3.3 || 1.0 || 7.7|-| align="left" | 1994| align="left" | Guaynabo| 30 || .532 || .000 || .450 || 8.8 || 0.9 || 9.8|-| align="left" | 1995| align="left" | Guaynabo| 30 || .602 || .316 || .491 || 10.3 || 1.7 || 12.7|-| align="left" | 1996| align="left" | Guaynabo| 34 || .551 || .125 || .362 || 6.9 || 1.1 || 7.3|-| align="left" | 1997| align="left" | Guaynabo| 25 || .622 || .000 || .520 || 4.7 || 0.9 || 9.6|-| align="left" | 1998| align="left" | San Germán| 31 || .597 || .000 || .545 || 7.0 || 1.3 || 5.7|-| align="left" | 1999| align="left" | San Germán| 18 || .620 || .000 || .556 || 6.2 || 1.1 || 5.7|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Quebradillas| 23 || .556 || .000 || .667 || 3.7 || 0.7 || 3.6|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | Quebradillas| 22 || .640 || .000 || .565 || 9.8 || 1.3 || 7.9|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Arecibo| 28 || .548 || .000 || .355 || 7.9 || 1.6 || 6.5|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Ponce| 24 || .616 || .000 || .556 || 5.1 || 0.8 || 4.2|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Arecibo| 6 || .286 || .000 || .455 || 8.7 || 0.7 || 4.2|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Arecibo| 27 || .515 || .500 || .615 || 3.6 || 0.9 || 2.9|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" || 381 || .560 || .213 || .480 || 6.9 || 1.0 || 6.9

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Notes and References

  1. http://corp.primerahora.com/archivo.asp?guid=12B08490E1AD4F9CBFE34008CDE3210D&year=2004&keyword= Salpicón de malla y aro
  2. http://corp.primerahora.com/archivo.asp?guid=A6EEAE4E8F16428E8CCB0791412E6F06&year=2005&keyword= "Estuve con él hasta que la muerte nos separó"
  3. http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=22180 Cancha de baloncesto en Guayama llevara el nombre del fenecido baloncelista Félix Javier Pérez