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Otis Birdsong

1955 - Today

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Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955) is an American former professional basketball player. He spent twelve seasons (1977–1989) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and appeared in four NBA All-Star Games.A 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) guard who attended Winter Haven High School and the University of Houston, Birdsong was selected by the Kansas City Kings with the second pick of the 1977 NBA draft. He would spend four seasons with the Kings, averaging a career high 24.6 points per game during the 1980–81 season. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otis Birdsong has received more than 211,259 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Otis Birdsong is the 949th most popular basketball player (down from 833rd in 2019), the 17,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,487th in 2019) and the 502nd most popular American Basketball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 31.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Otis Birdsongs by language

Over the past year Otis Birdsong has had the most page views in the with 35,365 views, followed by Spanish (1,307), and French (1,224). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (839.53%), Arabic (88.19%), and Spanish (51.45%)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Otis Birdsong ranks 949 out of 1,757. Before him are Tomas Masiulis, Dillon Brooks, Andreas Glyniadakis, Nikita Kurbanov, Junior Bridgeman, and Vladimir Štimac. After him are Thurl Bailey, Krešimir Lončar, Vlado Ilievski, Stevan Jelovac, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Michael Beasley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Otis Birdsong ranks 733. Before him are Heidi Heitkamp, Butch Johnson, Ian Botham, John H. Cox, Patrick McCabe, and Joey Jones. After him are Richard Hieb, Jaspal Bhatti, Willie Miller, John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, Tony Snow, and Gillian Cowley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Otis Birdsong ranks 17,193 out of 20,380. Before him are Christa B. Allen (1991), Gyasi Zardes (1991), Jen Taylor (1973), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), John Patrick Amedori (1987), and Tyler James Williams (1992). After him are Megan Ward (1969), Maude Apatow (1997), Edward Kitsis (1971), Katie Lowes (1982), Susan Egan (1970), and James Frey (1969).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Otis Birdsong ranks 502. Before him are Chet Holmgren (2002), Nancy Lieberman (1958), Mikal Bridges (1996), Mike Miller (1980), Reggie Theus (1957), and Junior Bridgeman (1953). After him are Thurl Bailey (1961), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (1993), Michael Beasley (1989), Malcolm Brogdon (1992), Mookie Blaylock (1967), and Cindy Brown (1965).

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