Larry Bird
Author of When the Game Was Ours
About the Author
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former American NBA basketball player and coach. He was drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978. In the summer of 1992, Bird joined Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and other NBA stars to play for the United States basketball team in show more that year's Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time in America's Olympic history that the country sent professional basketball players to compete. The "Dream Team" won the men's basketball gold medal. On August 18, 1992, Bird announced his retirement as an NBA player. Following Bird's departure, the Celtics promptly retired his jersey number 33. In 1989, Bird published his autobiography, Drive: The Story of My Life with Bob Ryan. The book chronicles his life and career up to the 1989 NBA season. In 2010 Bird co-authored the book, When the Game Was Ours with "Magic" Johnson. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Larry Bird
1. HTML & HTML5 Introduction 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bird, Larry
- Legal name
- Bird, Larry Joe
- Birthdate
- 1956-12-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- West Baden, Indiana, USA
- Places of residence
- West Baden, Indiana, USA
French Lick, Indiana, USA - Education
- Indiana State University
- Occupations
- basketball player (NBA)
basketball coach (NBA) - Organizations
- National Basketball Association
Boston Celtics
Indiana Pacers - Awards and honors
- Basketball Hall of Fame (Player|1998)
NBA Championship ( [1981, 1984, 1986])
NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
Oscar Robertson Trophy (1979)
NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
NBA All-Rookie Team (1980) (show all 24)
NBA Three-Point Shootout Winner (x3)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982)
All-NBA First Team (x9)
NBA Finals MVP (1984)
NBA All-Star (x12)
NBA MVP (1984)
Honorary Doctorate ( [2009])
Naismith College Player of the Year (1979)
John R. Wooden Award (1979)
Olympic Medal (Gold|Basketball|1992)
NBA Finals MVP (1986)
NBA MVP (1985)
NBA MVP (1986)
Retired Jersey (Boston Celtics)
Adolph F. Rupp Trophy (1979)
Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year (1978)
Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year (1979)
NBA Coach of the Year (1998)
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 8
- Members
- 770
- Popularity
- #33,051
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 16
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
- 3