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Briefly, the O'Bannon Brothers
Names: Charles, 19 (left), and Ed, 21.
Other Times They Show Their Muscles: When wearing basketball uniforms for U.C.L.A., where Charles is a freshman and Ed a junior.
Why They Didn't Choose Notre Dame with a Name Like O'Bannon: "We grew up in Southern California." says Charles, "and we wanted to be able to play in front of our parents and to go home at any opportunity."
Combined O'Bannon Height: 13 feet, two and a half inches.
Combined O'Bannon Weight:425 pounds.
Charles's Theory on Why African-American Ballplayers Shave Their Heads: "It's what represents us, though the reason Michael Jordan does it is because he's going bald."
So Why Is Charles the One with Hair in Our Photo? "I've shaved it now. You just caught me during a time of growth, in between haircuts."
Any Hobbies Besides Basketball? Charles: "Yeah, sleeping and eating." Ed: "My favorite thing is just to turn the phone off and sit behind the remote control. Every night from midnight to one o'clock 1 watch The Twilight Zone."
Any Zone-like Moments on the Pauley Pavilion Court? "Yeah, one game, you can be on top and everyone is patting you on the back," says Ed. "The next game you come out and only win by five and you get booed. You walk off the court with that Twilight Zone theme music playing in your head."
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