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Former Spurs shooting guard Bird Averitt dies

Pounding The Rock | December 16, 2020

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William Rodney “Bird” Averitt passed away this past weekend.

Sad news per the Kentucky Colonels ABA Facebook page, that 1975 ABA Champion/fan favorite, "Bird" Averitt passed away peacefully this morning at 7:36 AM.

Born in Hopkinsville, KY.
- WCC POY
- 1975
- Averitt played for the Spurs, Braves, Nets and Colonels

RIP to Bird pic.twitter.com/DeeOPFGKxJ— NBA to Louisville (@nba2lou) December 12, 2020

The 1973 NCAA scoring leader and West Coast Conference Player of the Year was drafted in 1975 by the NBA and the ABA.








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