Larry Bird - Biography

Last Editor: mpalomino				Larry Bird Biography -   Name : Larry Bird Date of birth : 7 December 1956 Place of birth : West Baden, Indiana, USA Birth name : Larry Joe Bird Nickname : Larry Legend The Hick from French Lick Height : 6' 9

Larry Bird Trivia -

Inducted into to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998. Named Coach of the Year in the NBA 1997-98 Season. Considered one of, if not the, greatest basketball players of all time. Played for the Boston Celtics from 1979 - 1992 and became coach of the Indiana Pacers in 1997. Is twice-married, and the father of 3 children. All-NBA Second Team (1990). NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-84). Twelve-time NBA All-Star (1980-88, 1990-92). NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982). Long Distance Shootout Winner (1986-88). Led the NBA in free throw shooting (1984, 1986, 1990). NBA 50th Anniversary All-Time Team (1996). Member of gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team (1992). The Sporting News College Player of the Year (1979). Naismith Award winner (1979). John R. Wooden Award winner (1979). The Sporting News All-America First Team (1978, 1979). Holds 30 Indiana State records, including most points (2,850), steals (240) and rebounds (1,247). The only non-center to win 3 consecutive NBA MVP awards. (2 June 1986) Announces retirement. (18 August 1992) Named NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Indiana Pacers to a 58-24 record, the best in franchise history. (12 May 1998) Signed the then-largest rookie contract in NBA history - 5 years, $3,250,000 - with the Boston Celtics. (8 June 1979) Ex-wife Janet was his childhood sweetheart. Indiana State University, BA (Physical Education) 1979 Children: Daughter Corrie (b. 14 August 1977) by ex-wife Janet Condra; adopted son Connor and daughter Mariah with wife Dinah. After dropping out of Indiana University, he hitch-hiked back home to French Lick, worked for a year, and then enrolled at Indiana State University. Drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1978 as a junior-eligible, but didn't join them until 1979. Led the Celtics to what was then the greatest single-season turnaround in NBA history (from 20 wins to 61) and to the conference finals in the 1979-80 season. Originally went to Indiana University on a basketball scholarship to play for the legendary Bobby Knight, but dropped out before his first season and never played for the Hoosiers. Although he plays basketball and golfs right-handed, Bird is actually ambidextrous: he eats and writes mostly left-handed. Boston Celtics All-Time Turnovers Leader (2,816). Boston Celtics All-Time Steals Leader (1,556).

Larry Bird Detailed Biography -

Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former NBA basketball player. Bird is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, and was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. Drafted sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird played small forward for the team for his entire 13-year career. He retired as a player from the NBA in 1992. After working as an assistant in the Celtics front office from 1992 to 1997, Bird was the head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000. In 2003, he assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, a position he still holds.