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Ralph Drollinger

Personal information
Born	(1954-04-20) April 20, 1954 (age 70) La Mesa, California
Nationality	American
Listed height	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Listed weight	250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school	Grossmont (La Mesa)
College	UCLA
NBA draft	1976: Round 7, pick 17
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1980–1981
Position	Center
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Ralph Kim Drollinger (born April 20, 1954, in La Mesa, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 7'2" (2.19 m) and 250 lb (114 kg) center and played collegiately at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Drollinger was taken in the NBA Draft three times. He was selected with the 17th pick in the seventh round in 1976 by the Boston Celtics, also with the 1st pick of the eighth round in 1977 by the New York Nets, and finally with the 17th pick of the fifth round in 1978 by the Seattle SuperSonics. Signing with the Dallas Mavericks in June 1980, he played six games in the Mavs' inaugural season in 1980–81, in which he averaged 2.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. He retired from basketball in March 1981.

He played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1978 FIBA World Championship.

After his brief injury-plagued playing days, Drollinger became president of Capitol Ministries, an evangelical group that provides ministry to political leaders. The Capitol Ministries website bio on Ralph Drollinger reads as follows:

Ralph is a third generation Californian, who grew up in La Mesa, a suburb of San Diego.

At 7’1” he played basketball for legendary Coach John Wooden at UCLA and was the first player to go to four NCAA Final-Four Tournaments. Both his Junior and Senior years he was an Academic All-American, graduating with a degree in Ecosystems. He earned his Master’s of Divinity Degree from The Master’s Seminary some years later.

After College, he turned down several NBA opportunities to play with Athletes in Action, touring the world and preaching the gospel during the halftimes of their games. After four years with Athletes in Action he played briefly with the Dallas Mavericks as the first player they signed in the NBA expansion draft in 1980.

After his basketball days, he served in sports ministry as the Director of the “trade organization” of America’s sports ministry movement, called Sports Outreach America. Ralph and his wife Danielle, founded Capitol Ministries in 1997. Capitol Ministries has started dozens of ministries in capitols throughout the United States and now recently, Latin America.

In 2010 Ralph and Danielle started Capitol Ministries in Washington DC.

Ralph has three grown children, John, Susan and Scott.

Notes

1. ^ Ex-Mavs center Ralph Drollinger is now living by the book, dallasnews.com, posted August 8, 2005
2. ^ Capitol Ministries replaced by new nationwide Christian group, capitolweekly.net, posted November 12, 2009
3. USA Basketball all-time roster

The Capitol Ministries Board of Directors

External links

• NBA stats @ basketballreference.com

• Drollinger bio @ capmin.org

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