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Left Indiana University and the Hoosiers basketball team a month into his freshman year after being homesick in a big city.
Nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend."
Won three NBA championships (in 1981, '84 and '86) and was named NBA Finals MVP twice (1984 and '86).
Voted NBA MVP three seasons in a row, from 1984 to '86.
Retired after helping the United States Olympic team, dubbed the "Dream Team," win a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Coached the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000, leading the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals.
Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Named President of Basketball Operations for the Pacers in 2003.
In 2012, became the first person to win NBA MVP, NBA Coach of the Year, and NBA Executive of the Year.
Larry the Bird, Twitter's bird logo, is named after him.
Larry Bird
December 7, 1956 (age 67)
West Baden, Indiana, USA
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Bio
Left Indiana University and the Hoosiers basketball team a month into his freshman year after being homesick in a big city.
Nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend."
Won three NBA championships (in 1981, '84 and '86) and was named NBA Finals MVP twice (1984 and '86).
Voted NBA MVP three seasons in a row, from 1984 to '86.
Retired after helping the United States Olympic team, dubbed the "Dream Team," win a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.
Coached the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000, leading the Pacers to the 2000 NBA Finals.
Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Named President of Basketball Operations for the Pacers in 2003.
In 2012, became the first person to win NBA MVP, NBA Coach of the Year, and NBA Executive of the Year.
Larry the Bird, Twitter's bird logo, is named after him.
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