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Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed " the Hick from French Lick " and " Larry Legend ", Bird is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Led by first-year head coach Bill Hodges and National Player of the Year Larry Bird, Indiana State was unranked to begin the season, but swept through the regular season unbeaten. Bird led the number 1 ranked Sycamores to the national title game versus the Magic Johnson -led number 3 Michigan State Spartans , and ended the season as National ...
He played in the NBA for 10 seasons and led the league in 3-point shooting percentage three times. [2] He won two NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls and, along with Larry Bird , is one of only two players to win three consecutive Three Point Contests at the National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend , winning the competition in 1990 ...
As player: 2× NBA champion (1969, 1974) ... Chaney is the only Boston Celtic who played with both Bill Russell (1956–1969) and Larry Bird ...
Former University of Cincinnati Bearcats and Cincinnati Royals great Oscar Robertson joined fellow Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers Reggie Miller and Larry Bird on the floor at ...
Bird received a technical foul call for one play in which he illegally stole the ball from Johnson while he was attempting an inbounds pass and attempted to score. [31] Behind an offense that missed only 4 of 16 second half field goal attempts, Michigan State clinched its first men's basketball national championship by a 75–64 final score. [30]
Sean Patrick Small plays Bird in "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty." He'd long felt a connection to the player people said he looked like.
Bird was born to Georgia and Claude Joseph "Joe" Bird in West Baden Springs, Indiana. The family wallowed in poverty for years, inspiring Larry to pursue basketball to change their lives.