Rod Griffin (basketball)

Rod Griffin
	Griffin with Wake Forest in 1977
Personal information
Born	June 18, 1956 (age 68); Fairmont, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Fairmont (Fairmont, North Carolina)
College	Wake Forest (1974–1978)
NBA draft	1978: 1st round, 17th overall pick
	Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career	1978–1993
Position	Power forward
Career highlights and awards
	2× Consensus second-team All-American (1977, 1978); ACC Player of the Year (1977); 2× First-team All-ACC (1977, 1978); Second-team All-ACC (1976); No. 32 retired by Wake Forest Demon Deacons;
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Rod Griffin (born June 18, 1956, in Fairmont, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'7" power forward spent four seasons playing at Wake Forest University, playing for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was the 1977 ACC Player of the year. He was selected in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1978 NBA draft by the Denver Nuggets. He played 13 years in Italy and in 1997 he became an Italian citizen.^[1] In Forlì supporters called him "Sindaco", the Italian word for Mayor.^[2]

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^ Rod Griffin italiano. e a 41 anni cerca un nuovo ingaggio archiviostorico.gazzetta.it
^ Rod Griffin panoramabasket.it

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[1] Rod Griffin italiano. e a 41 anni cerca un nuovo ingaggio archiviostorico.gazzetta.it

[2] Rod Griffin panoramabasket.it

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