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Ruben Patterson

American basketball player (born 1975)
Person human Q3942138

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
July 31, 1975
Place of birth
Cleveland
Country of citizenship
United States[4]
Occupation
basketball player
Educated at
John Hay High School, University of Cincinnati, Independence Community College[6][7][8]
Convicted of
assault, attempted rape[24][25]
Country for sport
United States[26]
Different from
Gerald Wilkins, DeShawn Stevenson[27][28]
Drafted by
Los Angeles Lakers[21]
End of work period
2009[30]
Family name
Patterson[22]
Given name
Ruben[23]
Height
+196[31]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball, National Basketball Association[18]
Mass
+102[32]
Member of sports team
Portland Trail Blazers, Milwaukee Bucks, CS Maristes, Seattle SuperSonics, AEK B.C., Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Native language
English[5]
P14750
7C18-9CE9-A1AA-EF21-C2D8[33]
Position played on team / speciality
small forward[19]
Sport
basketball[20]
Start of work period
1998[29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kobe Stopper en Ruben Nathaniel Patterson en Ruben Patterson ar روبن باترسون el Ρούμπεν Πάτερσον es Ruben Nathaniel Patterson he רובן פטרסון it Ruben Nathaniel Patterson uk Рубен Паттерсон zh 鲁本·帕特森 zh-hant 魯本·帕特森
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ruben Patterson on bench.jpg ↗
Basketball Reference NBA player ID
p/patteru01
ESPN.com NBA player ID
638
Eurobasket.com player ID
18495
FIBA.basketball people ID
130843
Freebase ID
/m/07g5sz
JRC Names ID
315027
NBA.com player ID
1739
Proballers ID
2497
RealGM basketball player ID
920
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
ruben-patterson-1
The Draft Review ID
1094
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Trading Card Database name ID
7774

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 8
Los Angeles Lakers, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers, Seattle SuperSonics, AEK B.C., CS Maristes
Different from 2
DeShawn Stevenson, Gerald Wilkins
← Different from 2
DeShawn Stevenson, Gerald Wilkins
Convicted of 1
assault
Country for sport 1
United States
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Drafted by 1
Los Angeles Lakers
Educated at 1
University of Cincinnati
Family name 1
Patterson
Given name 1
Ruben
Instance of 1
human
League or competition 1
National Basketball Association
Native language 1
English
Occupation 1
basketball player
Place of birth 1
Cleveland
Position played on team / speciality 1
small forward
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
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Summary

Ruben Patterson was born on July 31, 1975[1], in Cleveland[2]. He has worked as a basketball player[3].

FAQs

Where was Ruben Patterson born?

Ruben Patterson's place of birth was Cleveland[2].

What did Ruben Patterson do for work?

Ruben Patterson worked as a basketball player[3].

Where did Ruben Patterson go to school?

Ruben Patterson was educated at John Hay High School[6], University of Cincinnati[7], and Independence Community College[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . RealGM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . FIBA database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . Basketball Reference. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7C18-9CE9-A1AA-EF21-C2D8
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  2. 12w ago · HanTsî · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → basketball
    Height → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+196'}
    Different from → Gerald Wilkins, DeShawn Stevenson
    Place of birth → Cleveland
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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