Rod Foster
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Birmingham, Alabama | October 10, 1960
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. Thomas Aquinas (New Britain, Connecticut) |
College | UCLA (1979–1983) |
NBA draft | 1983: 2nd round, 28th overall pick |
Selected by the Phoenix Suns | |
Playing career | 1983–1986 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 10 |
Career history | |
1983–1986 | Phoenix Suns |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Roderick Allen Foster (born October 10, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player (6'1", 160 lb) who played for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He was drafted out of UCLA in 1983 in the second round of the NBA Draft (28th pick overall).
As a senior at St Thomas Aquinas in New Britain, Connecticut, Foster averaged 30.2 points per game, and led his team to the State Championship. He was named an Adidas All-American and second team Parade All-American.
As of 2016, Foster was the head of the L.A. Rockets youth basketball program in Los Angeles. Early in 2016, he also briefly coached the boys varsity high school basketball team at the Windward School in Los Angeles.[1]
References
- ^ Sondheimer, Eric (March 2, 2016). "Boys' basketball: Rod Foster won't be returning as Windward coach". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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- Basketball players at the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Final Four
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