Charles Whitney
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Washington, D.C. | June 22, 1957
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Listed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Maryland) |
College | NC State (1976–1980) |
NBA draft | 1980: 1st round, 16th overall pick |
Selected by the Kansas City Kings | |
Playing career | 1980–1982 |
Position | Shooting guard / Small forward |
Number | 43 |
Career history | |
1980–1982 | Kansas City Kings |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at NBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
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.[1]
Kidnapping and arrest
On January 26, 1996, Whitney and a juvenile kidnapped Mark Fabiani, the personal attorney of then-First Lady Hillary Clinton. He was arrested and sentenced to 69 months in prison, subsequently being released in 2000, whereupon he found work at the Niles Home for Children.
References
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Washington, D.C.
- DeMatha Catholic High School alumni
- Kansas City Kings draft picks
- Kansas City Kings players
- NC State Wolfpack men's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball)
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs