Emiliano Rodríguez

Emiliano Rodríguez (born June 10, 1937 in San Feliz de Torío, León, Spain) is a retired Spanish basketball player.

On the club level, he played for Aismalibar (1958-1960) and Real Madrid (1960-1973). With Real, he won 4 European Champions' Cups (1964, 1965, 1967 and 1968), 12 Spanish League titles (from 1961 to 1966 and from 1968 to 1973) and 9 Spanish Cup titles (1961, 1962, 1965-1967, 1970-1973). He was the top scorer of the Spanish League in 1959, 1963 and 1964.

He has played in 175 games for the Spain national basketball team, participating in 1960 Olympics, 1968 Olympics and 7 European Championships (in 1959, 1961, 1963 (named the tournament's MVP), 1965, 1967, 1968 and 1971).

He was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2008 Rodriguez was chosen as one of 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors.

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