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My Take
Dennis Rodman is proof that flamboyance and discipline can live in the same body. The hair, the antics, and the headlines always threatened to drown out the craft, but two Defensive Player of the Year awards and a permanent spot on All-Defensive teams tell the real story. He became a legend by mastering the unglamorous arts of rebounding and defense, work most stars avoid. I read him as the ultimate role player elevated to icon, a man who understood that doing the dirty work brilliantly is its own kind of showmanship.
Overview
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Renowned for his defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forward in NBA history".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dennis Rodman
- Name (Japanese)
- デニス・ロッドマン
- Reading
- でにす・ろっどまん
- Born
- May 13, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Ox
- Origin
- Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 202 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / voice actor / actor / basketball coach / professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- South Oak Cliff High School
- University
- North Central Texas College
Awards & achievements
- 1990 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 1989 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1990 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1991 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1991 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 1992 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1993 NBA All-Defensive Team
- 1995 NBA All-Defensive Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.