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Nate Thurmond, voted one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history and a member of the Warriors organization for more than four decades as both a player and a Community Relations Ambassador, passed away on Saturday morning in San Francisco at the age of 74 after a short battle with leukemia.
Thurmond is considered among the most-dominating centers to ever play the game of basketball, Thurmond was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
A seven-time NBA All-Star, he earned NBA All-Defensive First or Second Team accolades five times.
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| In his hey days. Source: Wikipedia |
A very tall man at 6-foot, 11-inch Thurmond spent almost 40 years playing and working for the Warriors. He played 11 of his 14 seasons with the Warriors, and then worked as a community liaison and broadcast analyst. He holds the franchise's record for rebounds and minutes played.
The Warriors retired his jersey number 42 in 1978.
