| Ruperto Herrera | |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 6.75 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Havana, Cuba |
| Draft Year: | 1971 |
| Career Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
| Career Number: | 5 |
| Team1: | Capitalinos |
| Years2: | 1964–1982 |
| Team2: | Industriales |
| Team3: | Habana |
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| Fiba Hof Player: | Ruperto-HERRERA-TABIO |
Ruperto Nicolás Herrera Tabio (born December 6, 1949, in Havana) is a former basketball player from Cuba. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He received the FIBA Order of Merit in 1999, and he became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in 2015.[1] He was awarded with the Olympic Order, in 2019.[2]
Herrera was a nine-time champion of the top-tier level Cuban league, in the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, and 1975.
Herrera was a long-time member of the senior men's Cuban national basketball team. With Cuba's senior national team, he played at four Summer Olympic Games, as he played at Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, and Moscow 1980. He also played at two FIBA World Cups, playing at Yugoslavia 1970, and Puerto Rico 1974.
With Cuba, he won the bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games. He also won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Munich, West Germany.