Question: Facts: - weight lb: 194 - draft round: -- - draft pick: -- - highschool: champaign -lrb- champaign , illinois -rrb- - position: guard - height in: 4 - draft year: 1952 - college: illinois illinois - height ft: 6 - name: rod fletcher - nationality: american - draft team: minneapolis lakers - jnumber: 37 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rod fletcher -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
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rodney adams '' rod '' fletcher is an american former basketball player for the university of illinois at urbana-champaign who was named a consensus first team ncaa all-american as a senior in 1951 -- 52 .a guard , fletcher led the fighting illini to two straight big ten conference championships as well as two consecutive ncaa tournament final four appearances in 1951 and 1952 alongside teammate john '' red '' kerr .he was a two-time all-big ten selection in his three varsity seasons , and at the end of his collegiate career fletcher was selected by the minneapolis lakers in the 1952 nba draft , although he never played professionally .fletcher grew up in champaign , illinois and attended champaign central high school , where he was named second team all-state as a senior in 1948 by the '' champaign news gazette '' .