Magic Johnson - Biography

Last Editor: Mbrennem				Magic Johnson Biography -   Name : Magic Johnson Profession : Basketball Player Birth Details : born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan

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Magic Johnson Detailed Biography -

Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan) is a former point guard of the National Basketball Association, widely regarded as one of the purest passers and best point guards in the game's history. He has won championships at every level of competition, high school, collegiate, professional, and international. His professional career consisted of 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he won five NBA championships, was named to the NBA All-Star team 12 times, was league MVP three times, and NBA Finals MVP three times. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002, and was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. In 1991 he became one of the first sports-celebrities to announce his HIV-seropositivity, and is one of the most well known public figures to be HIV-positive, he has continually worked since to educate and raise awareness of the disease. Biographies Johnson's autobiography is Magic Johnson: My Life, published in 1992; ISBN . Some other biographies about him: Magic: A Biography of Earvin Johnson by James Haskins; 1981; ISBN 0894900447 Magic by Ervin Johnson, Richard Levin; 1983one of the owner of fridays restaurants. The Magic: Earvin Johnson by Bill Morgan; 1991; ISBN 0606018956 Magic: More Than a Legend by Bill Gutman; 1991; ISBN 0061005428 Magic Johnson: Hero On and Off the Court (Millbrook Sports World) by Bill Gutman; 1992; ISBN 1562942875 Magic Johnson: Basketball's Smiling Superstar by Rick L. Johnson; 1992; ISBN 0875185533 Magic Johnson (Junior World Biographies) by Martin Schwabacher; 1993; ISBN 079102038X Magic Johnson: Basketball Immortal by Laurie Rozakis; 1993; ISBN 0865920257 Magic Johnson (Basketball Legends) by Steven Frank; 1994; ISBN 079102430X Magic! Against The Odds by Howard Blatt; 1996; ISBN 0671003011 Earvin Magic Johnson: Champion and Crusader by Ted Gottfried; 2001; ISBN 0531116751 Instructional Magic's Touch: From Fundamentals to Fast Break With One of Basketball's All-Time Greats by Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. and Roy S. Johnson; 1992; ISBN 0201632225 What You Can Do to Avoid AIDS by Earvin "Magic" Johnson; 1996; ISBN 081292844X updated version of Safe Sex in the Age of AIDS by Earvin Magic Johnson; 1992; ISBN 0812920635 Preceded by: Jack Givens NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player (men) Succeeded by: Darrell Griffith Preceded by: Randy Pfund Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach 1994 Succeeded by: Del Harris