height_ft death_date nationality birth_date career_start years death_place draft_year team college name weight_lb birth_place career_end position highschool letter height_in bbr article_title
7 1 november 2009 american 5 july 1967 1990 1990 end 1993 -- 1994 1993 -- 1994 1993 -- 1994 start 1994 -- 1995 -- 1991 end 1992 1992 end 1992 birmingham , alabama 1990 miami washington bullets rochester renegade -lrb- cba -rrb- hartford hellcats -lrb- heat cba -rrb- columbus horizon -lrb- cba -rrb- mexico aztecas -lrb- rockford cba -rrb- lightning -lrb- cba -rrb- milwaukee bucks uab -lrb- 1986 -- 1990 -rrb- alan ogg 240 lancaster , ohio 2001 center gardendale -lrb- gardendale , alabama -rrb- o 2 oggal01 alan ogg

alan ogg

raymond alan ogg -lrb- july 5 , 1967 -- november 1 , 2009 -rrb- was an american professional basketball player who spent three seasons in the nba .
he is the university of alabama at birmingham blazers ' career shot-blocking leader with 266 blocks over four college seasons .
he was born in lancaster , ohio .
the 7 ' 2 '' and 240-pound center gardendale high school grad played collegiate basketball for the uab blazers and started his professional career when he signed with the miami heat as an undrafted rookie free agent during the 1990 -- 91 nba season .
he became a fan favorite during his two seasons in miami and split his playing time in his third and final nba season with the milwaukee bucks and the washington bullets .
he averaged 2.2 points and 1.7 rebounds during his nba career .
ogg played overseas in germany , china , colombia , the philippines , puerto rico and paraguay before retiring from professional basketball in 2001 .
he had heart surgery in 2003 .
ogg died aged 42 on november 1 , 2009 in the uab hospital in birmingham , alabama , due to complications from a staphylococcal infection in his heart valve .
