Bird Averitt Biography
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- Born July 22, 1952
Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, he played college basketball for the Pepperdine Waves and was named the conference player of the year in the West Coast Conference. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1973 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and the second round of the 1973 ABA Draft by the San Diego Conquistadors.
He played for the San Antonio Spurs (1973โ74) and Kentucky Colonels (1974โ76) in the ABA for 236 games, winning the 1975 ABA championship with the Colonels. After the Colonels were disbanded as part of the ABAโNBA merger, Averitt joined the Buffalo Braves through the 1976 ABA dispersal draft, playing with that team for the 1976โ77 season until joining the New Jersey Nets for the 1977โ78 season, playing 130 games in the NBA with those two teams.
Averitt died at age 68 on December 12, 2020.
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