Emiliano Rodríguez
Encyclopedia
Emiliano Rodríguez is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a retired Spanish basketball
Basketball
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player.
On the club level, he played for Aismalibar (1958-1960) and Real Madrid
Real Madrid Baloncesto
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(1960-1973). With Real, he won 4 European Champions' Cups
Euroleague
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(1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968), 12 Spanish League titles (from 1961 to 1966 and from 1968 to 1973) and 9 Spanish Cup
Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
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titles (1961, 1962, 1965-1967, 1970-1973). He was the top scorer of the Spanish League in 1959, 1963 and 1964.
He has played in 175 games for the Spain national basketball team
Spain national basketball team
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, participating in 1960 Olympics
Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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, 1968 Olympics
Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
-Group B:October 13October 14October 15October 16October 18October 19October 20-Medal bracket:-Classification brackets:5th–8th Place9th–12th Place...
and 7 European Championships
Eurobasket
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(in 1959, 1961, 1963 (named the tournament's MVP), 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1971).
He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame
FIBA Hall of Fame
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in 2007, and in 2008 Rodriguez was chosen as one of 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors
The 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008, in Madrid, Spain. The occasion was the fiftieth anniversary since the founding of the FIBA European Champions Cup, officially recognized as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.The list was made up of the...
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