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Dennis Rodman
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- #001
When Dennis Rodman graduated from high school, he was only 1.70 meters tall.
- #002
Dennis Rodman did not play basketball in high school; he walked on and played for one season at Cooke County Jr. College before dropping out and taking a job as a janitor at an airport in Dallas. A recruiter from Southeastern Oklahoma State University who had seen him play that season spotted him at the airport and invited him to try out for a basketball scholarship.
- #003
Dennis Rodman's father, Philander Rodman, lives in the Philippines, where he has fathered at least 10 children.
- #004
Dennis Rodman became the first NBA player in history to win five championships with two different teams: the Detroit Pistons (1989, 1990) and the Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998).
- #005
Over the course of his NBA career, Dennis Rodman played for the Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks.
- #006
As an NBA player, Dennis Rodman focused constantly on defense and rebounding and rarely took shots from more than 3 meters away from the basket.
- #007
Dennis Rodman led the NBA in rebounds per game for seven consecutive seasons, from 1991-1992 through 1997-1998.
- #008
Dennis Rodman was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.
- #009
Dennis Rodman and his wife Michelle live in separate houses.
- #010
Playing for Torpan Pojat in the Finnish Elite League, Dennis Rodman scored 17 points in a single game. A record crowd of 7,420 witnessed ToPo's 74-80 loss to Honka of Espoo.
- #011
At the age of 42, Dennis Rodman signed to play for the ABA's Long Beach Jam.
- #012
The idea of dyeing his hair blond came to Dennis Rodman from Wesley Snipes's character Simon Phoenix in the film Demolition Man (1993).
- #013
Dennis Rodman's education: Cooke County Junior College in Texas; Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
- #014
In 2005, Dennis Rodman played for the ABA Tijuana Dragons in Baja California, Mexico.
- #015
Actress Tina New filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming that Dennis Rodman raped her after they met at a bar in Newport Beach, California, in the summer of 1999. She said his bodyguards forced her into his car and took her to a party at his home, where she was given a drink she claims was drugged and was then raped.
- #016
The character Zack in the Dead or Alive video game series is partly based on Dennis Rodman. Rodman voices Zack in the English version of Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003).
- #017
Dennis Rodman was a professional wrestler.
- #018
Dennis Rodman is now a retired National Basketball Association player.
- #019
Dennis Rodman and Annie Bakes's daughter, Alexis Rodman, was born on September 28, 1988.
- #020
Dennis Rodman's daughter Alexis Rodman married Robert Bunfill in California on August 30, 2014.
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