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Sad news - Cliff Robinson has passed away

As a UConn and Portland fan I got to enjoy Cliff in both uniforms, as well as see him around Portland on occasion.

Damn sad that he's gone. I'll hoist one in my Uncle Cliffy pint for the brother no longer with us.
 
Buffalo's own. They still talk about him in my city and think of him as the best ever from here, and he made some people here UConn fans for life. 53 is way too young--can't even imagine it as a 52 year old. I feel for his family.
 
My UConn BB buddy and I were in Ted's playing pinball after school was out for some reason when Cliff started playing the game next to us. While a ball was in play, friend says to Cliff "If you don't make it in the NBA I heard you can make good money in Europe." While I was aghast, Cliff calmly caught the ball, turned to my friend and said, "I ain't going to no Europe."
 
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RIP Uncle Cliffy. It feels as if a piece of my childhood had been taken away. Just sad with Sticks and now Cliffy. Thoughts and prayers for his close friends and family and we mourn together as a member of UConn Nation.
 
Waquoit said:
My UConn BB buddy and I were in Ted's playing pinball after school was out for some reason when Cliff started playing the game next to us. While a ball was in play, friend says to Cliff "If you don't make it in the NBA I heard you can make good money in Europe." While I was aghast. Cliff calmly caught the ball, turned to my friend and said, "I ain't going to no Europe."
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and he was right. He had a hell of a NBA career.
 
DAMN! Cliff was the MAN when I first got to UConn. He was the one guy back then who really could dominate a game against other loaded Big East teams. The opponent had to gameplan around him. So sad to see him go so young. RIP Cliff and thank you for the memories
 
This is EXTREMELY awful news. I was very close friends w Cliff in school and remained good friends with him many years after. Talked with him after his initial stroke and he was struggling badly, but hanging in. Hadn't talked to him in a couple of months. This hits very close to home.......had so many good times with him both during and after school. This is brutal.
 
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I was with my parents and older brother in 1987. My brother was touring campus. We were walking around after the tour and Cliff walked out of a building. My mother asked Cliff if he’d say hi to me. He came over, shook my hand and was pretty cool about it. Cliff was always quiet and kind of shy. He was then too.

My one real takeaway other than that Cliff was shy was that his hand was enormous. It engulfed mine. At the time I was 13-14 and probably 5’10” or so. I have pretty big hands and his hand felt like a baseball mitt. At the time it was soft and smooth. We were walking away and I told my dad it made sense he had good hands. Giant, man hands aren’t generally so soft.
 
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This is EXTREMELY awful news. I was very close friends w Cliff in school and remained good friends with him many years after. Talked with him after his initial stroke and he was struggling badly, but hanging in. Hadn't talked to him in a couple of months. This hits very close to home.......had so many good times with him both during and after school. This is brutal.
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uconngb said:
This is EXTREMELY awful news. I was very close friends w Cliff in school and remained good friends with him many years after. Talked with him after his initial stroke and he was struggling badly, but hanging in. Hadn't talked to him in a couple of months. This hits very close to home.......had so many good times with him both during and after school. This is brutal.
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Sorry for your loss gb sounded like you guys were pretty tight. Hang in there.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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mauconnfan said:
Sorry for your loss gb sounded like you guys were pretty tight. Hang in there.
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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.
 
IIRC, I'll never forget him spearheading our first BE win at the Carrier Dome in 1985.Can see him late at the free throw line.

Very sad news. Rest in Peace, Cliffy.
 
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