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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Long Beach, California, U.S. | April 29, 1936||||||||||
Died: | October 23, 2019 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 83)||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | P.K. Yonge (Gainesville, Florida) | ||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1958 / round: 9 / pick: 108 | ||||||||||
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Bernard Paul Parrish (April 29, 1936 – October 23, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) for eight seasons during the 1950s and 1960s. Parrish played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL and the Houston Oilers of the AFL. Parrish's football memoirs later stirred controversy.