Norm Nixon
Nixon at a performance of The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, December 11, 2010
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
October 11, 1955 Macon, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Southwest (Macon, Georgia) |
| College | Duquesne (1973–1977) |
| NBA draft | 1977 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1977–1989 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Number | 10 |
| Career history | |
| 1977–1983 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1983–1989 | San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers |
| 1989 | Scavolini Pesaro |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
| Points | 12,065 (15.7 ppg) |
| Assists | 6,386 (8.3 apg) |
| Steals | 1,187 (1.5 spg) |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Norman Ellard Nixon (born October 11, 1955) is an American retired professional basketball player for the NBA, who spent twelve seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers.
Born the third of three boys to Mary Jo and Elmer Nixon, in Macon, Georgia, his mother contracted myasthenia gravis when Norm was a baby, and his parents divorced when he was two years old. The three boys were also raised with the help of his mother's mom and aunt (the boys' grandmother and great aunt). He and his two brothers, Ken and Ron, attended the Methodist church, and Norm became an usher.
He played basketball and football in high school at Southwest High School in Macon, Georgia, and was named to all-state in both sports. In football he played defensive back and tailback, and was later offered a free agent tryout by both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys. He was senior class president and named as the starting guard on the Georgia All-State team for 1973, after leading Southwest to the 1973 state high school basketball championship under coach Donald "Duck" Richardson. Nixon also played the trumpet and was on the yearbook staff. He was on the track team, ran the 440 yard dash, and won a regional title in the high jump at 6 feet, 5 inches.
He played four full seasons at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While there he averaged 17.2 points-per-game (PPG), 5.5 assists-per-game (APG), and 4.0 rebounds-per-game (RPG), scoring 1,805 points and adding 577 assist in 104 games for his career with the Duquesne Dukes. Nixon was named first-team All-Eastern Eight Conference, and left holding the record for career assists.
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