Rondey Robinson (born May 14, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. He played six seasons in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild with Njarðvík, winning the national championship three times.[1][2][3][4]
Robinson played college basketball for Wright State under coach Ralph Underhill.[5] He missed his senior season after a knee injury that required surgery.[1][6]
Robinson signed with Njarðvík in 1990 as player-coach. Shortly later the club decided to hire Friðrik Ingi Rúnarsson as head coach instead and let Robinson concentrate on playing.[7] After a rough start, where the club almost let him go, his play improved markedly[1][8] and at the end of the season Njarðvík won the national championship after defeating arch-rivals Keflavík in the finals. In the deciding game, Robinson had 17 points and 23 rebounds.[9] In 1991 Icelandic All-Star game, Robinson was named the game's MVP.[10][11]
With 1.4 seconds left of the fifth and deciding game of the 1994 Úrvalsdeild finals against Grindavík, Robinson made one out of two free throws that gave Njarðvík a one point victory, 68-67, and the national championship.[12][13] After the season he was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[14]
He retired after Njarðvík's loss in the semi-finals of the 1996 Úrvalsdeild playoffs.[15][16]