Sounds like that was from 2017. I talked with him about a week after he had the stroke. Was partially paralyzed for a period of time and had some other issues. Had a lengthy rehab. Trying to find out what happened now, but guessing its related to that. Devastating news.
Sad news - Cliff Robinson has passed away
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Sounds like that was from 2017. I talked with him about a week after he had the stroke. Was partially paralyzed for a period of time and had some other issues. Had a lengthy rehab. Trying to find out what happened now, but guessing its related to that. Devastating news.
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Tough tough tough weekend so far. First Black Panther and now Uncle Cliffy.
Remember back in the Summer of '85. I was in a Summer program up in Storrs after finishing up my frosh year of high-school. Cliff was up there, probably a part of the CAP program. We stayed in the dorms on South campus that had the outdoor basketball cour behind it. Anyways, Cliff was out there, literally monster dunking on the rims out there. Nearly 7 feet long and dunking at well from rim to rim.
Rest easy fam.
Remember back in the Summer of '85. I was in a Summer program up in Storrs after finishing up my frosh year of high-school. Cliff was up there, probably a part of the CAP program. We stayed in the dorms on South campus that had the outdoor basketball cour behind it. Anyways, Cliff was out there, literally monster dunking on the rims out there. Nearly 7 feet long and dunking at well from rim to rim.
Rest easy fam.
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made me tear up a bit
Thanks. Unlike others on this board, I don't trot out my relationships with players. When you actually have them, you don't need to do that. But yeah, we were very close. Used to get his tickets for home games, visited w him when he was in town playing the Celts, and then after his career was over. He could be tough if you didn't know him well, but when we were all alone, he was a cut up and a regular guy. This is a great loss.
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The timing could not possibly be worse
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Wow tears. Listening to him laugh when they showed JC react to the FT he made during the Cuse upset.
Thank you for posting this, good memories.
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Loved the headband
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Terrible news. RIP Uncle Cliffy.
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I had forgotten how well he used the glass.
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I was shocked that he was a 2nd round NBA draft choice as he was 6'11", athletic, and he could shoot. Had a long and great NBA career and his game would have been perfect for today's NBA. Loved that he was on Survivor as well.
RIP
RIP
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Wow. This really hits home for me. Cliff Robinson was our first big time get, the guy who started the spotlight shining on what Coach was building here. He started the ball rolling from Perno to the BE run we had for all those years.
Guys, a personal plea to please go get checkups. Bozeman died of colon cancer, Cliffy apparently due to stroke complications and even Sticks with what he was going through. These were relatively young dudes. In my case, I was hospitalized recently because of a headache i couldn’t shake. And when the wife finally forced me to go to urgent care, they sent me to a hospital emergency room, did a cat scan and found a grapefruit-sized clot in my brain, very very rare condition for where it had formed. I was literally days or even hours away from an aneurysm, stroke, or whatever. It shook me up and i still ask myself “what if” I’d taken another Tylenol and just ignored it? So fellas this goes beyond UConn or the BY. Please go get a checkup.
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Glad you are taking care of yourself
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Rest in peace Uncle spliffy
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Sad news.
I'm realizing that I can click Like and mean, "I agree or feel the same way" or "Thanks for sharing your source, link, story, or personal connection," or "I'm sorry for your particular loss."
We grieve together, and it lessens the pain.
I'm realizing that I can click Like and mean, "I agree or feel the same way" or "Thanks for sharing your source, link, story, or personal connection," or "I'm sorry for your particular loss."
We grieve together, and it lessens the pain.
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He was cool and funny. The cornerstone of Calhoun's Dynasty. RIP Peace Cliff.
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RIP UNCLE CLIFFY! I will always remember that game in the dome were you hit the winning free-throws to beat cuse! It was the first of many wins for Jim Calhoun against Borheim. He was a huge building block in making uconn great again.
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