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If the UCLA teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s were subjected to the kind of scrutiny (other schools) have been, UCLA would probably have to forfeit about eight national championships and be on probation for the next 100 years.

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Bill Walton
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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La Mesa
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William Theodore Walton
William Theodore Walton III
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