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Word: burliest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Warriors' giant Wilt Chamberlain (7 ft. 2 in.). Boston's Carl Braun and Philadelphia's Guy Rodgers squared off in a brief scrap that brought hundreds of spectators onto the floor. Once that was over, Rodgers picked a new target: Jim Loscutoff, one of the burliest Celtics of all. Fist fights started so often that the league's roly-poly President Maurice Podoloff slapped fines on five players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Still at It | 4/13/1962 | See Source »

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