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| Born | (1958-07-03)July 3, 1958 (age 67) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Escuela Profesional Isabel Herrera de Obalda | ||||||||||||||
| College | Briar Cliff (1977–1981) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1981: 4th round, 83rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1980–2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center /power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 10, 11, 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Polluelos de Aibonito | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | Obras Sanitarias | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Polluelos de Aibonito | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | TDK Manresa | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Polluelos de Aibonito | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | TDK Manresa | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1995 | Polluelos de Aibonito | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Capitanes de Arecibo | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | Avancinos de Villalba / Maratonistas de Coamo | ||||||||||||||
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| CareerBSN statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Points | 12,096 (20.1 ppg) | ||||||||||||||
| Rebounds | 6,153 (10.2 rpg) | ||||||||||||||
| Assists | 943 (1.6 apg) | ||||||||||||||
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Rolando Frazer Thorne (born July 3, 1958, inPanama City, Panama) is a Panamanian former professionalbasketball player.[1] At a height of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall, he played at thepower forward andcenter positions. He was an inaugural inductee of theBriar Cliff Athletic Hall of Fame, in 1991.[2]
Frazer, originally a native ofPanama City, Panama, was recruited byhead coach Ray Nacke to playcollege basketball atBriar Cliff College, inSioux City, Iowa. He was cited as anNAIA Honorable MentionAll-American as a freshman, when he averaged 15.6 points per game, as asixth man. He led the nation (all divisions) in scoring his junior year, when he averaged 36.4 points per game. He averaged 30.1 points per game as a senior, when the Chargers finished with a 27–3 record, and were the number one rated team in the final NAIA top twenty poll.
Overall, in 118 games played, Frazer averaged 26.2 points, 9.4 rebounds per game, and 1.7 assists per game, and shot 60.5 percent from the floor,[3] during his college career. He owns 14 of Briar Cliff's top twenty-five individual scoring performances, including his career best 56-point outburst againstNorthwestern, on February 13, 1980. Frazer also continues to hold the Chargers' career rebounding record, with 1,110 total rebounds. In 1981, Frazer shared the George Clarkson Award withDrake'sLewis Lloyd. The Clarkson Award is presented annually toIowa's best collegiate basketball player.
At Briar Cliff, he was a three-time NAIA First Team All-American, and he concluded his college career as the state of Iowa's all-time scoring leader, with 3,078 total points scored (he is currently 2nd all-time).[4][5] He was the first player in the history of Iowan college basketball, to score at least 3,000 total career points, and he is the only Briar Cliff athlete to have been recognized as a three-time First Team NAIA All-American. During Frazer's illustrious college career, Briar Cliff posted an overall record of 101–17. Frazer was cited in numerous national publications throughout his career. The February 2, 1981, issue ofSports Illustrated, featured Frazer in a college basketball article entitled, "Pride of the Panama Pipeline."[6]
Frazer was selected in the 4th round (number 83 overall), in the1981 NBA draft, by theIndiana Pacers.[7] However, he never played in theNBA. Frazer won the1983 FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship, while he was a member of theArgentine Club Championship teamObras Sanitarias.
Frazer played most of his career in thePuerto Rican League,[8] where he won thePuerto Rican League championship in 1986, and was a two-timeMVP of the league (1981, 1987). He also spent three years in theSpanish League, withTDK Manresa, where he averaged 25.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, in 95 games played.[9][10]
Frazer first gained a spot on thePanama men's national basketball team as a 15-year-old, in his second season of playing organized basketball. In 1979, Frazer was named theteam captain of anNAIA all-star squad that toured Argentina and Brazil. Frazer took game high scoring honors (19 points) in Panama's 93–88 loss againstBobby Knight'sTeam USA, at the1979 Pan American Games. Scoring 26 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, he helped the National team win the gold medal at the1981 CentroBasket.
Frazer led Panama to an all-time best ninth-place finish at the1982 FIBA World Championship. He wasthe tournament's top scorer, with a scoring average of 24.4 points per game.[11] He also played at the1986 FIBA World Championship, where he averaged 19.8 points per game.[12]
Along withMario Butler, he led Panama to become a competitivenational team in the 1980s. In 1987, Frazer returned to the United States, to represent Panama at the1987 Pan American Games, atIndianapolis.
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Frazer became abasketball referee.[13]
