Profile
Norm Nixon
Basketball Player + Scientist + Mathematician
Male
Born
Oct 11, 1955
Age
57
Hometown
Macon, Georgia
Position
Point guard
College
Duquesne Dukes me...
Draft Year
1977
Nationality
United States
Norman Ellard "Norm" Nixon is a retired American professional basketball player for the NBA, who spent twelve seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers.
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1978 79 Topps Basketball Cards The Cardboard ConnectionGoogle News - Sep 16, 2011
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Coach Richardson Honored At Funeral By Family, Friends, Former Players Macon Telegraph (Blog)Google News - Sep 11, 2011
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Top Five Shooting Guards In Los Angeles Lakers History Yahoo! SportsGoogle News - Sep 09, 2011
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Southwest Macon's Richardson Remembered As Father Figure Atlanta Journal Constitution (Blog)Google News - Sep 07, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1955
Birth
Born on October 11, 1955.
TEENAGE
1973
17 Years Old
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.
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TWENTIES
1977
21 Years Old
Nixon was the 22nd overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
1979
23 Years Old
Before they were married, both Nixon and Allen appeared in the 1979 film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (a film that also featured NBA stars Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar).
1980
24 Years Old
He played for the Lakers for six successful seasons and helped them to win NBA championships in 1980 (4–2) and 1982 (4–2), both against the Philadelphia 76ers. The same two teams would meet in the 1983 NBA Finals, but Philadelphia won this series four games to none. In the 1978 (Seattle SuperSonics), 1979 (Seattle), and 1981 (Houston Rockets) playoffs, the Lakers were eliminated by the eventual Western Conference champion.
1982
26 Years Old
He led the team in scoring in the 1982 playoffs.
In game one of the 1983 finals he had a violent collision with Andrew Toney of the 76ers early in the first quarter.
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1984
28 Years Old
In his first year with the Clippers, Nixon led the league in assists and made the All-Star team for the second time in the 1984–85 season.
1985
29 Years Old
After the 1985–86 season, he spent much of his later career on the injured list, spending more than two full seasons on the injured list before retiring for good at the end of the 1988–89 season.
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THIRTIES
1986
30 Years Old
He missed the 1986–87 season after stepping into a hole during a softball game in New York City's Central Park during the summer of 1986 (July 23, 1986) and suffered severe damage to the tendon just above his left knee.
1987
31 Years Old
Nixon ruptured his right achilles tendon during a pre-season practice on November 4, 1987; the injury would cause him to miss the entire 1987–88 season.
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After retiring from the NBA in March 1989, Nixon played for Scavolini Pesaro of the Italian major-league Serie A in April and May.
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