Robert Franklin
Robert Franklin | ||
Player information | ||
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birthday | January 20, 1981 | |
size | 196 cm | |
position | wing | |
college | New Mexico Highlands University | |
Club information | ||
society | Oettinger Rockets | |
league | 2nd Bundesliga ProA | |
Clubs as active | ||
2004–2006 New Mexico Highlands 2007–2008 BSV Wulfen 2008–2014 Citybasket Recklinghausen 2014–2015 Hertener Löwen 2016 Citybasket Recklinghausen 2016–2018 Oettinger Rockets since 2018 Basketball Löwen Erfurt |
Robert Anthony Franklin (born January 20, 1981 ) is an American basketball player who has been under contract with the Basketball Löwen Erfurt since 2018 .
career
In his native USA, Franklin played college-level basketball at Lassen College in California and at New Mexico Highlands University (second division of the NCAA ). In 2007 he began his professional career in Germany and played for BSV Wulfen in the first regional league.
Between 2008 and 2014, the American was a leading player at Citybasket Recklinghausen and rose with the team from the second to the first regional league in 2010, followed by promotion to the 2. Bundesliga ProB in 2012 . In the 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons he was named Player of the Year in the first Regionalliga West by the internet service eurobasket.com . In the ProB, Franklin was also a leading player in the Recklinghäuser dress and achieved double-digit averages in the statistical categories points per game and rebounds per game in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons. In 2014, Recklinghausen's league rival Herten Franklin secured his services. In January 2016 he returned to Recklinghausen.
For the 2016/17 season, Franklin moved to the Oettinger Rockets . He led the club's second men's team to promotion to the first regional league and also booked short appearances in the ProA team of the Thuringians, who made it into the basketball Bundesliga as runner-up this season . In the 2017/18 season he rose to the 2nd Bundesliga ProB with the second team of the Rockets as champion of the Regionalliga Süd-Ost. The Rockets did not notice the rise, however, Franklin played from then on like a large part of the promotion team for the newly founded Basketball Löwen Erfurt in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB. In the 2018/19 season he led the 2nd Bundesliga ProB in the point round in the statistical rating “rebounds per game” with 12.2.
Web links
- Robert Franklin - player profile on the website of the BARMER 2. Basketball Bundesliga ( ProA and ProB )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2002-03 Season Superlatives. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
- ^ Rocky Mountain y Mountain y Mountain Athletic Conf Athletic Conf Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Christoph Winck: H1: BSV brings Thompson and Franklin. Retrieved on May 9, 2017 (German).
- ↑ German Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com . In: www.eurobasket.com . ( eurobasket.com [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ German Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - eurobasket.com . In: www.eurobasket.com . ( eurobasket.com [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Robert Franklin Basketball Player Profile, BiG Oettinger Rockets Gotha, N.Mexico Highlands, News, ProA stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket.com . In: www.eurobasket.com . ( eurobasket.com [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Leuven split from Marvin Boadu - Franklin decision by January 31st. Retrieved on May 9, 2017 (German).
- ↑ Robert Franklin is back! - Citybasket Recklinghausen eV ( citybasket.de [accessed on May 9, 2017]). Robert Franklin is back! - Citybasket Recklinghausen eV ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Franklin plays for Gotha . ( stimberg-zeitung.de [accessed on May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ “No more second division!” ⋆ Oettinger Rockets . In: Oettinger Rockets . May 4, 2017 ( oettinger-rockets.de [accessed May 9, 2017]).
- ↑ Mission accomplished . ( thueringer-allgemeine.de [accessed on May 15, 2018]).
- ↑ https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/Junge-Loewen-sind-hungrig-auf-ihr-Basketball-Ablebnis-in-Erfurt-893243298
- ↑ 2. Basketball Bundesliga | Top performer. Retrieved February 24, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Franklin, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franklin, Robert Anthony (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1981 |