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Nationality
  
American / Spanish

Listed weight
  
225 lb (102 kg)

Name
  
Johnny Rogers

Height
  
1.75 m

Listed height
  
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)

Pro career
  
1986–2004

Role
  
American football player

Weight
  
78 kg

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Born
  
December 30, 1963 (age 60) Fullerton, California (
1963-12-30
)

High school
  
La Quinta (Westminster, California)

NBA draft
  
1986 / Round: 2 / Pick: 34th overall

Education
  
University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Movies
  
Tom Osborne's Nebraska Cornhuskers

Awards
  
Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award, SI's All-time College All-Stars

Similar People
  
Mike Rozier, John Cappelletti, Pat Sullivan, John Heisman

Former Heisman Trophy Winner Johnny Rogers talks with Lenny Moon about 1973 Orange Bowl


John Bernard "Johnny" Rogers Bakker (born December 30, 1963) is a retired Spanish American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'10" and 225 lbs he played the power forward position and played collegiately at Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine.

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NBA

Rogers was selected with the 10th pick of the second round in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. He played for the Kings (1986–87) and the Cleveland Cavaliers (1987–88), playing 69 games and averaging 3.6 points per game and 1.5 rebounds per game in 9.2 minutes per game.

Europe

He also played professionally in Italy for Philips Milano (1991–1992, coached by Mike D'Antoni), Cagiva Varese (Serie A2, 1992–1993) and Telemarket Forli (Serie A2, 1993–1994).

He played with the Greek giants Olympiacos and Panathinaikos of Athens, winning 2 Euroleague titles (2000, 2002) and 2 Greek championships (2000, 2001).

During his time in Spain Rogers acquired Spanish citizenship and played for the Spanish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

References

Johnny Rogers Wikipedia