Otis Birdsong

Otis Birdsong
Player information
Full name	Otis Lee Birdsong
birthday	December 9, 1955 (64 years and 266 days)
place of birth	Winter Haven , Florida , United States
size	191 cm
position	Shooting Guard
college	University of Houston
NBA draft	1977 , 2nd pick, Kansas City Kings
Clubs as active
1977–1981 Kansas City Kings 1981–1988 New Jersey Nets 1988–1989 Boston Celtics

Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955 in Winter Haven , Florida ) is a retired American basketball player .

After a very successful college career at the University of Houston , Birdsong was drawn in 2nd place in the 1977 NBA draft by the Kansas City Kings . The Guard quickly developed into an excellent scorer and scored 24.9 points per game in the 1980-81 season. Between 1979 and 1981, three appointments to the NBA All-Star Game followed . From 1981 he played for seven years for the New Jersey Nets , where he was called up again in the All-Star Game in 1984, and one year for the Boston Celtics . He retired early in 1989 and returned to Houston, where he annotated games at his former university. In his honor, jersey number 10 was banned from the university. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018.

Birdsong scored 18.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game during his career.

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