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Date of Birth
13 May 1961, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Birth Name
Dennis Keith Rodman

Nickname
The Worm
Dennis the Menace

Height
6' 6" (1.98 m)

Spouse
Michelle Moyer (13 May 2003 - 2008) (divorced) 2 children
Carmen Electra (14 November 1998 - 6 April 1999) (divorced)
Annie Bakes (28 September 1992 - 1993) (divorced) 1 child

Trade Mark

Different hair colors Wild behavior on and off the court


Trivia

Dennis's father, Philander Rodman, lives in the Philippines where he is father to at least 10 children.

Dated Madonna.

Professional basketball player

Daughter, Alexis, born. [1988]

He was sued by actress Tina New for $10 million dollars because she claims he raped her after meeting her in a bar in Newport Beach, California in Summer 1999. She says she was forced into his car by his bodyguards and taken to a party at his house where she was given a drink she claims was drugged and then she was raped. [August 2000]

The first NBA player in history to win five championships with two different teams: Detroit Pistons (1989, 1990), and Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998).

Played for Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks during his NBA Career

As an NBA player, constantly concentrated on defense and rebounding and rarely took a shot further than 3 feet from the basket.

Led NBA in rebounds per game for seven consecutive seasons, 1991-92 thru 1997-98.

Despite being consistently listed as 6'8", even in his NBA career, and also often 6'9", in the media and press, he is actually only 6'6", by his own admission.

Winner of the $222,000 prize from Celebrity Mole Yucatan

Education: Cooke County Junior College in Texas; Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Was only 5' 10" when he graduated high school.

He and his wife, Michelle, live in different houses.

Did not play basketball in high school; however, while at Cooke County Jr. College, he walked on and played one season before dropping out and going to work as a janitor at an airport in Dallas. A recruiter from Southeastern Oklahoma State University who had seen him play that season saw him in the airport and invited him to try out for a basketball scholarship.

In 2005, he played for the ABA Tijuana Dragons in Baja California, México.

He was referred to as being an alien in both "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) and Men in Black (1997). He played himself in two episodes of the former.

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.


Personal Quotes

Chemistry is a class you take in high school or college, where you figure out two plus two is ten, or something.


Salary
Double Team (1997) $2,000,000


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