Bird Averitt

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William Rodney "Bird" Averitt (born July 22, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is a retired American basketball player.

He played collegiately for the Pepperdine University.

He played for the San Antonio Spurs (1973-74) and Kentucky Colonels (1974-76) in the American Basketball Association for 236 games, winning the 1974-75 ABA title with the Colonels. After the Colonels were disbanded as part of the ABA-NBA merger, Averitt joined the Buffalo Braves through the ABA dispersal draft, playing with that team for the 1976-77 season until joining the New Jersey Nets for the 1977-78 season, playing 130 games in the NBA with those two teams.

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