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| Power forward / Center | |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | November 11, 1937 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Date of death | July 9, 2004 (aged 66) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
| High school | James Madison (New York) |
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | Dartmouth |
| NBA Draft | 1959 / Round: 2 / Pick: 10th overall |
| Selected by the Minneapolis Lakers | |
| Pro career | 1959–1969 |
| League | NBA |
| Career history | |
| 1959–1967 | Minneapolis / Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1967–1969 | San Francisco Warriors |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 11,507 (16.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 6,936 (10.2 rpg) |
| Assists | 1,556 (2.3 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Rudolph "Rudy" A. LaRusso (November 11, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York – July 10, 2004, in Los Angeles, California) was an American 6' 7" five-time National Basketball Association All-Star.
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He attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn. LaRusso, whose father was Italian and mother was Jewish, won All-City honors.
He was taken by the Minneapolis Lakers in the second round of the 1959 NBA Draft out of Dartmouth College, and played eight years with them and two for the San Francisco Warriors. He was a five time All-Star.
In 1967–68, he finished seventh in the league with a career-best average of 21.8 ppg.
Rudy had a small cameo role in the Gilligan's Island third season episode "Bang! Bang! Bang!" as 'Agent Michaels'.
He died of Parkinson's disease in 2004.
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