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When I was coaching with the Patriots, the players pulled a practical joke and I said, 'Do you think I'm Charlie the Tuna, like a sucker?' After that, they called me Tuna.
Bill Parcells
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Bill Parcells
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: August 22
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Duane Charles Parcells
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