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Larry Bird Wiki Biography

Larry Bird is also known as L. Joe Bird, Larry the Legend, The Hick from French Lick, The Great White Hope and Kodak. L. J. Bird is an American basketball player, athlete and also a great basketball coach who has been able to build up net worth as amazingly huge as $45 million. Larry is known for his basketball playing with the Boston Celtics, and this is also one of the main reasons why nowadays the estimated net worth of The Hick from French Lick is so huge. For example, for only the 1991-1992 season he was paid more that 7 million dollars.

Larry Joe Bird was born on December 7, 1956, in West Barden, Indiana. Joe Bird was raised together with his five brothers in a poor family, as their mother was divorced during Larry’s school years. The childhood of Bird definitely can’t be called happy – he did not only try to play basketball in order to escape from the problems at home, but also tried to commit suicide. At that time Larry was playing for his school, Springs Valley High School, and already at the young age had shown great results. Actually he even became a star in school as the person who was able to hit a long-time school record. Later, when he studied at Indiana State University, Larry continued to play basketball, but at that time his Mother did not know he was planning to associate his future life with basketball and earn such a great net worth.

The big career of Bird started in 1978, when he was invited to play for the Boston Celtics in the NBA. That was a great success for Larry’s net worth as he was finally able to earn a huge sum of money by himself. Later no one could doubt about how rich is Larry Joe Bird, as he was able to become one of several players who were NBA All-Stars. Of course, about that time the net worth estimated by Larry Joe Bird increased so amazingly high, that he could easily be considered as one of the richest athletes of our time, although actually the biggest success in the financial side of Larry’s career was in year 1992, when he was paid 7 million dollars.

Talking about all the earnings Larry made as a basketball star, we should mention that for playing from 1985 until 1993 Bird’s net worth increased to $16,270,000. And this is the biggest source of money which is used to estimate Bird’s net worth.

Talking about Larry’s career above the sports, he is also known as an actor who has appeared in several movies. The first time Larry was seen on TV was in 1994, when “Blue Chips” directed by William Friedkin was released. Later Joe Bird also appeared in the “Celtic Pride” and “Space Jam”. But of course, all these appearances could not even stand near this great career which Larry has made in basketball. So now you know all about Larry Bird’s net worth.

IMDB Wikipedia “Space Jam” $45 Million 1956 (age 58 220 lbs (100 kg) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Athlete Basketball Basketball Coach Basketball player Boston Celtic Boston Celtics Celtic Pride Coach Connor Bird Corrie Bird December 7 Dinah Mattingly Dinah Mattingly (m. 1989) French Lick Frenchlick Great White Hope Indiana Indiana State University Indiana State University (1976–1979) Janet Condra Janet Condra (m. 1975–1976) Kodak Larry Larry Bird Larry Bird Net Worth. “Blue Chips” Larry Joe Bird Larry Legend Magic Johnson Mariah Bird McDonald’s High School All-Americans National Basketball Association National Basketball Association Finals NBA All-Stars NBA Players Sports Springs Valley High School The Great White Hope The Hick from French Lick United States United States of America West Baden Springs William Friedkin

Larry Bird Quick Info

Larry Bird Quotes

• (to his fellow competitors before the 1987 Three Point Competition) “All right, who’s coming in second place today?”
• A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.

Larry Bird Important Facts

• Induced into the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
• Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
• The Indiana Pacers announced that Bird will become president of basketball operations. [July 2003]
• On June 27, 2012, a day before the 2012 NBA Draft, Bird and the Pacers parted ways. Bird said health issues were among the reasons for his leaving. [June 2012]
• Inducted into the ESPN Boston Hall of Fame in 2011 (inaugural class) with Red Auerbach, Bobby Orr, Bill Russell, and Ted Williams.
• The logo for the twitter.com social website, Larry the Bird, is named after him.
• On June 27, 2012, a day before the 2012 NBA Draft, Bird and the Pacers parted ways. Bird said health issues were among the reasons for his leaving.
• Led the Indiana State Sycamores to an undefeated season, and on to the national championship where they lost to Michigan State. Their star player was Magic Johnson.
• Known for his shooting abilities, Bird had a career free throw shooting accuracy of 89% and a career three point shooting accuracy of 38%.
• Boston Celtics All-Time Steals Leader (1,556).
• Boston Celtics All-Time Turnovers Leader (2,816).
• 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.
• 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 1979-1980 season.
• 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.
• Children: Corrie Bird by ex-wife Janet Condra; adopted son Connor and daughter Mariah with wife Dinah.
• Indiana State University, BA (Physical Education) 1979
• Ex-wife, Janet Condra, was his childhood sweetheart.
• Signed the then-largest rookie contract in NBA history – 5 years, $3,250,000 – with the Boston Celtics. (8 June 1979)
• Named NBA Coach of the Year after leading the Indiana Pacers to a 58-24 record, the best in franchise history. (12 May 1998)
• Announces retirement. (18 August 1992)
• The only non-center to win 3 consecutive NBA MVP awards. (2 June 1986)
• 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).
• All-NBA Second Team (1990). NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982-1984). Twelve- time NBA All-Star (1980-1988, 1990-1992). NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982). Long Distance Shootout Winner (1986-1988). 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).
• Is twice-married, and the father of 3 children.
• 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.
• Named Coach of the Year in the NBA 1997-1998 Season.
• Inducted into to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.

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