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Magic Johnson - Biography
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Magic Johnson Biography
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| Name : | Magic Johnson |
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Basketball Player
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Birth Details :
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born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan
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Magic Johnson Detailed Biography
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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
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