Robert Parish

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Born
1953 (72 years old)
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Shreveport, Louisiana

Position
Forward/Center

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White

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Height
7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)

Weight
230 lb (104 kg)

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Basketball

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Robert Lee Parish (born August 30, 1953) is an American former professional basketball player who played 21 seasons as a center in the NBA, tied for second most in league history. He played an NBA-record 1,611 regular season games in his career. Parish was known for his strong defense, high arcing jump shots, and clutch rebounding late in games.

Parish was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1996, Parish was also named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. His nickname was The Chief, after the fictitious Chief Bromden, a silent, giant Native American character in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. According to Parish, former Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell gave him this nickname because of his stoic nature.

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