Rubén Rodríguez (basketball)

Rubén Rodríguez Leon (born August 5, 1953)[1] is a Puerto Rican former basketball player.

Born in New York City and also a former resident of Los Angeles, California,[2] he played 23 seasons in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) tournament.

Many people consider either him to be, along with José Ortíz, Raymond Dalmau, Juan Vicens, Rafael Valle, Georgie Torres or Mario Morales, the greatest or one of the greatest basketball players in Puerto Rico's national tournament's history.

With the Vaqueros, he won 8 national championships, in 1969, five in a row from 1971 to 1975, one in 1981 and one in 1988, the year that the team inaugurated his actual venue, that carries his name, the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum.

He tried several times to coach a basketball team in the Puerto Rico League, BSN, but without success.