Rondey Robinson (born May 14, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He played six seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild with Njarðvík, winning the national championship three times.

College

Robinson played college basketball for

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under coach

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. He missed his senior season after a knee injury that required surgery.

Iceland

Robinson signed with Njarðvík in 1990 as player-coach. Shortly later the club decided to hire

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as head coach instead and let Robinson concentrate on playing. After a rough start, where the club almost let him go, his play improved markedly and at the end of the season Njarðvík won the national championship after defeating arch-rivals Keflavík in the finals. In the deciding game, Robinson had 17 points and 23 rebounds. In 1991 Icelandic All-Star game, Robinson was named the game's MVP. With 1.4 seconds left of the fifth and deciding game of the

1994 Úrvalsdeild Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1994 season. Overview It was contested by 10 teams, and ÍA won the championship. ÍA's Mihajlo Bibercic was the top scorer with 14 goals. League standings Results Each team played every opponent once home a ...

finals against

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, Robinson made one out of two free throws that gave Njarðvík a one point victory, 68-67, and the national championship. After the season he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year. He retired after Njarðvík's loss in the semi-finals of the

1996 Úrvalsdeild Statistics of Úrvalsdeild in the 1996 season. Overview It was contested by 10 teams, and ÍA won the championship. KR's Ríkharður Daðason was the top scorer with 14 goals. League standings Results Each team played every opponent once ho ...

playoffs.

Personal life

Robinson grew up in Chicago with five brothers and two sisters.

External links

Wright State statistics
at sports-reference.com
Úrvalsdeild statistics
at kki.is

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Rondey 1967 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Iceland American men's basketball players Basketball players from Chicago Centers (basketball) Junior college men's basketball players in the United States Njarðvík men's basketball players Úrvalsdeild karla (basketball) players Wright State Raiders men's basketball players