Ruperto Herrera Tabio

Ruperto Herrera
Personal information
Born	December 6, 1949; Havana, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban
Listed height	6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1971 / Undrafted
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
Number	5
Career history
0	Capitalinos
1964–1982	Industriales
0	Habana
Career highlights and awards
	Olympic Order (2019); FIBA Order of Merit (1999); 9× Cuban League champion (1964–1969, 1971, 1973, 1975);
	FIBA Hall of Fame as player
Men's Basketball
Representing Cuba
Summer Olympic Games
Pan American Games
CentroBasket
Summer Universiade

Ruperto Herrera Tabio (born December 6, 1949 in Havana) is a former basketball player from Cuba. At a height of 2.00 m (6'6 ³⁄₄") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He received the FIBA Order of Merit in 1999, and he became a FIBA Hall of Fame player, in 2015.[1] He was awarded with the Olympic Order, in 2019.[2]

Club career

Herrera was a nine-time champion of the top-tier level Cuban league, in the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, and 1975.

Herrera was a long-time member of the senior men's Cuban national basketball team. With Cuba's senior national team, he played at four Summer Olympic Games, as he played at Mexico 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, and Moscow 1980. He also played at two FIBA World Cups, playing at Yugoslavia 1970, and Puerto Rico 1974.

With Cuba, he won the bronze medal at the 1971 Pan American Games. He also won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Munich, West Germany.

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