Calvin Bird

Calvin Bird
No. 21
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:	February 11, 1938; Corbin, Kentucky, U.S.
Died:	June 19, 2013 (aged 75); Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:	Corbin
College:	Kentucky (1958–1960)
NFL draft:	1961 / round: 17 / pick: 237
AFL draft:	1961 / round: 6 / pick: 47
Career history
	New York Jets (1963)*;
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-SEC (1960); Second-team All-SEC (1959); University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame; Kentucky Wildcats No. 21 retired;

James Calvin Bird (February 11, 1938 – June 19, 2013)^[1] was an American football halfback who played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats and spent an off-season in the American Football League (AFL) with the New York Jets as a wide receiver.

^ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLQL-YF5 : accessed 11 February 2016), Calvin Bird, 19 June 2013; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).