[4] The St. Louis Quarterback Club selected Parish as the Cardinals' team Rookie of the Year in December 1970.

[5] As a member of the Cardinal, Parish set the school record for single-game tackles against Oregon State in 1968, making 23 stops, a mark he would hold for 18 years until Dave Wyman surpassed it.

[6] As a senior, he was selected for first-team All-America honors by the AP, The Sporting News and Time.

"[8] He suffered from traumatic brain injury during his football days, his brother, Kenneth, told a reporter in 2021.

Unhoused in Los Angeles for many years, Parish died at age 70 on May 9, 2018, in Paso Robles, California.