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David Robinson was born in Florida in 1965. In his junior high school, Robinson would excel in everything except for basketball, because of his small size; however, that would not be the case for long. By his senior year in high school, Robinson was 6 feet 7 and dominating on the basketball court.
Despite receiving little interest from universities, Robinson decided to attend the United States Naval Academy. At 6 foot 7, Robinson was not done growing. He would shoot up to 7 foot 1 inch by the time he left the Naval Academy.
In 1986, Robinson led the Navy squad all the way to the elite eight in the Division I NCAA tournament, but with a berth in the final four on the line, Duke beat Navy 71 to 50. In 1987, Navy would receive a berth in the NCAA Tournament once again, however this time around he would not make it out of the first round, losing to Michigan.
In his final two years at Navy, Robinson was a consensus All-American, and in 1987 won the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the USBWA College Player of the Year.
In 1987, Robinson was drafted first overall by the San Antonio Spurs. He would join the Spurs in 1989 after his Navy commitment, and help lead the team to a 35 game improvement over the previous season, all the while taking home Rookie of the Year honors.
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