DENNIS RODMAN

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• Grew up in poverty and without a father figure

• Was cut from his high school team for being undersized and not athletic enough

• Worked as a janitor at an airport after graduation

• Faced major setbacks early in life

• Attended Cooke County College in Gainesville, TX, where he averaged 17 points and 13 rebounds but failed out academically

• Continued his career at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (NAIA)

• Became a 3-time NAIA All-American and twice led the nation in rebounding

• Selected in the 2nd round of the 1986 NBA Draft

• Went on to win 5 NBA championships

• Earned Defensive Player of the Year honors twice

• Topped the league in rebounding seven times

• Enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame

Comments:

Rodman's father (Philander) abandoned him nd his mother when he was just a few years old. He served in the Vietnam war as a member of a helicopter crew and eventually stayed in Angeles City in the Philippines, just outside Clark Airbase where he opened several girly bars and strip clubs. His father - coincidentally named Philander - bragged that he sired close to 40 children, mostly from his own bar girls. Old time basketball and NBA fans in the Philippines would probably know this. Besides, it's in Dennis' book "Bad As I Wanna Be".