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Robert Parish
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American former basketball player (born 1953)
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Robert Lee Parish is an American former basketball player and coach. Born in Shreveport in 1953, he competed as a center and forward in the National Basketball Association. He represented the United States in the 1975 Pan American Games.
Parish played for the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Pelicans, and Chicago Bulls. He was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and began his professional career in 1976, ending it in 1997. He is a native English speaker.
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Key facts
- 2001
- Maryland Mustangs
- Born
- ( 1953-08-30 ) August 30, 1953 (age 72) , Shreveport, Louisiana , U.S.
- Listed height
- 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)
- Listed weight
- 244 lb (111 kg)
- High school
- Woodlawn (Shreveport, Louisiana)
- College
- Centenary (1972–1976)
- Nba draft
- 1976 : 1st round, 8th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Golden State Warriors
- Playing career
- 1976–1997
- Position
- Center
- Number
- 00
- 1976 1980
- Golden State Warriors
- 1980 1994
- Boston Celtics
- 1994 1996
- Charlotte Hornets
- 1996 1997
- Chicago Bulls
- Points
- 23,334 (14.5 ppg)
- Rebounds
- 14,715 (9.1 rpg)
- Blocks
- 2,361 (1.5 bpg)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Forward/Center
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lee
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shreveport
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- 1975 Pan American Games
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 105
- Image
- Robert Parish.jpg
- Height
- 213
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- Commons category
- Robert Parish
- date of birth
- 1953-08-30
- drafted by
- Golden State Warriors
- end of work period
- 1997-00-00
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Lee Parish (born August 30, 1953), nicknamed "the Chief", is an American former professional basketball player. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, and Chicago Bulls, helping the Celtics win three NBA championships while teaming with Hall-of-Fame forwards Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, and won a fourth championship with the Bulls prior to his retirement.
During his college career at Centenary College, Parish racked up impressive enough numbers to be drafted three times—twice by teams from the ABA and once in 1976 by the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. Parish played four seasons for the Warriors. In 1980, he was traded to the Boston Celtics along with a draft pick that the Celtics would use to select forward Kevin McHale. Parish and McHale joined star forward Larry Bird on the Celtics. Known as the Big Three, the trio won three NBA championships together. Parish left the Celtics as a free agent following the 1993–1994 season and went on to play two more seasons with the Charlotte Hornets and one with the Chicago Bulls, winning an NBA title with the Bulls in 1997 before retiring from the NBA at age 43.
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