Ron Rowan
Ronald Lewis (Ron) Rowan (born April 23, 1962, in New Brighton, Pennsylvania) is a retired American basketball player. Rowan, a 6'5" 200 lb small forward, played collegiately at the University of Notre Dame and St. John's University.
He was selected in the third round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers but was cut from the team during training camp.[1] He then played in the Continental Basketball Association, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 1987 while a member of the Topeka (Kansas) Sizzlers, where he averaged 18.8 points in 44 games.
In March 1987, he signed a 10-day contract[2] with the Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 1.7 points in seven games.
In 1988, Rowan moved to Italy where he played 11 seasons (5 in A1 division). He changed teams almost every year except when he played three seasons in Kleenex Pistoia (1989-1992), where he scored 3,767 points in 117 matches.
Notes
- ^ Blazers Sign Rowan, published Mar. 17, 1987
- ^ 1987 NBA Transactions
External links
- NBA & college stats @ basketballreference.com
- Italian championship stats @ legabasket.it
- 1962 births
- Living people
- American basketball players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball players
- St. John's Red Storm men's basketball players
- Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
- Portland Trail Blazers players
- Liga ACB players
- PAOK B.C. players
- Pallacanestro Cantù players
- Mens Sana Basket players
- People from Pennsylvania
- Small forwards