Facts: - draft round: 1 - draft pick: 17 - career end: 1982 - number: 22 - height in: 6 - team: golden state warriors - birth date: 22 march 1955 - draft team: golden state warriors - weight lb: 200 - statlabel: points rebounds assists - statvalue: 4,471 -rrb- 954 -lrb- 2.1 apg -rrb- -lrb- 9.9 ppg -rrb- 1,841 -lrb- 4.1 rpg - caption: sonny commitment to duke on december 20 , 2012 listens as his son jabari announces his verbal - draft year: 1976 - bbr: parkeso01 - college: mineral a & m -lrb- 1974 -- 1976 -rrb- area college -lrb- 1972 -- 1974 -rrb- texas - stats league: nba - letter: p - name: sonny parker - birth place: chicago , illinois - position: small forward / shooting guard - high school: farragut career academy -lrb- chicago , illinois -rrb- - career start: 1976 - nationality: american - years: 1976 start -- 1981 end - height ft: 6 - image: 20121220 sonny parker.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sonny parker -lrb- basketball -rrb- .
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robert s. '' sonny '' parker -lrb- born march 22 , 1955 -rrb- is a retired american professional basketball player who played small forward and shooting guard for the golden state warriors of the national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- .he was drafted in the first round of the nba draft after attending and playing basketball at texas a&m university .after retiring from basketball , parker created the sonny parker youth foundation in chicago to help inner-city students .