height_ft nationality birth_date career_start years draft_year team draft_pick number college name high_school weight_lb birth_place draft_team career_end position draft_round letter height_in bbr article_title
6 american 22 june 1957 1980 1980 start -- 1981 end 1980 kansas city kings 16 43 nc state -lrb- 1976 -- 1980 -rrb- charles whitney dematha catholic -lrb- hyattsville , maryland -rrb- 235 washington , d.c. kansas city kings 1982 shooting guard / small forward 1 w 5 whitnha02 charles whitney

charles whitney

charles `` hawkeye '' whitney is an american former professional basketball player and convicted criminal .
after playing college basketball at north carolina state , he was drafted by the kansas city kings in the first round of the 1980 nba draft .
his professional career was limited to 70 games due to injury , and by 1989 , whitney was homeless and addicted to cocaine .
