Rod Griffin

Rod Griffin (basketball)

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Rod Griffin (born June 18, 1956, in Fairmont, North Carolina) is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'7" power forward spent four seasons playing at Wake Forest University, playing for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He was the 1977 ACC Player of the year. He was selected in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

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v t e 1977 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Kent Benson Otis Birdsong Phil Ford Rickey Green Marques Johnson Bernard King

Second Team	Greg Ballard Bill Cartwright Rod Griffin Ernie Grunfeld Phil Hubbard Butch Lee Mychal Thompson

v t e 1978 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans

First Team	Larry Bird Phil Ford David Greenwood Butch Lee Mychal Thompson

Second Team	Ron Brewer Jack Givens Rod Griffin Rick Robey Freeman Williams

Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1954: Hemric
1955: Hemric
1956: Shavlik
1957: Rosenbluth
1958: Brennan
1959: Pucillo
1960: Shaffer
1961: Chappell
1962: Chappell
1963: Heyman
1964: Mullins
1965: Cunningham
1966: Vacendak
1967: Miller
1968: Miller
1969: Roche
1970: Roche
1971: Davis
1972: Parkhill
1973: Thompson
1974: Thompson
1975: Thompson
1976: Kupchak
1977: Griffin
1978: Ford
1979: Gminski
1980: King
1981: Sampson
1982: Sampson
1983: Sampson
1984: Jordan
1985: Bias
1986: Bias
1987: Grant
1988: Ferry
1989: Ferry
1990: Scott
1991: Monroe
1992: Laettner
1993: Rogers
1994: Hill
1995: J. Smith
1996: Duncan
1997: Duncan
1998: Jamison
1999: Brand
2000: Carrawell
2001: Battier & Forte
2002: Dixon
2003: Howard
2004: Hodge
2005: Redick
2006: Redick
2007: Dudley
2008: Hansbrough
2009: Lawson
2010: Vásquez
2011: N. Smith
2012: Zeller

v t e 1978 NBA Draft

First round	Mychal Thompson Phil Ford Rick Robey Micheal Ray Richardson Purvis Short Larry Bird Ron Brewer Freeman Williams Reggie Theus Butch Lee James Hardy George Johnson Winford Boynes Roger Phegley Mike Mitchell Jack Givens Rod Griffin Dave Corzine Marty Byrnes Frankie Sanders Mike Evans Raymond Townsend

Second round	Terry Tyler Keith Herron Rick Wilson Ron Carter Wayne Radford Buster Matheney John Long Jeff Judkins Marvin Johnson John Rudd Harry Davis Greg Bunch Tommie Green Maurice Cheeks Terry Sykes Lew Massey James Lee Wayne Cooper Jerome Whitehead Keven McDonald Glenn Hagan Clemon Johnson

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Name	Griffin, Rod
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Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	June 18, 1956
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