Larry Legend

Larry Bird

Bird in 2004
Personal information
Born	(1956-12-07) December 7, 1956 (age 60) West Baden Springs, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Springs Valley (French Lick, Indiana)
College	Indiana State (1976–1979)
NBA draft	1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Playing career	1979–1992
Position	Small forward / Power forward
Number	33
Coaching career	1997–2000
Career history
As player:
1979–1992	Boston Celtics
As coach:
1997–2000	Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
As player: 3× NBA champion (1981, 1984, 1986) 2× NBA Finals MVP (1984, 1986) 3× NBA Most Valuable Player (1984–1986) 12× NBA All-Star (1980–1988, 1990–1992) NBA All-Star Game MVP (1982) 9× All-NBA First Team (1980–1988) All-NBA Second Team (1990) 3× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (1982–1984) NBA Rookie of the Year (1980) 3× NBA 3-Point Shootout champion (1986–1988) 2× 50–40–90 club (1987, 1988) AP Athlete of the Year (1986) No. 33 retired by Boston Celtics NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team National college player of the year (1979) 2× Consensus first-team All-American (1978, 1979) Third-team All-American – NABC, UPI (1977) 2× MVC Player of the Year (1978, 1979) As coach: NBA Coach of the Year (1998) NBA All-Star Game head coach (1998) As executive: NBA Executive of the Year (2012)
Career NBA statistics
Points	21,791 (24.3 ppg)
Rebounds	8,974 (10.0 rpg)
Assists	5,695 (6.3 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Basketball Hall of Fame as player
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006
Medals Men's Basketball Representing the  United States World University Games 1977 Sofia Men's Basketball World Invitational Tournament 1978 United States Men's Basketball Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Men's Basketball

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Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American professional basketball executive, former coach and former player, most recently serving as president of the Indiana Pacers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Since retiring as a player for the Boston Celtics, he was a mainstay in the Indiana Pacers organization, but stepped down from the position of president following the first-round of the 2017 Eastern Conference playoffs.

Drafted into the NBA sixth overall by the Boston Celtics in 1978, Bird started at small forward and power forward for thirteen seasons, spearheading one of the NBA's most formidable frontcourts that included center Robert Parish and power forward Kevin McHale. Bird was a 12-time NBA All-Star and was named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) three consecutive times (1984–1986). He played his entire professional career for Boston, winning three NBA championships and two NBA Finals MVP awards.

He was a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998 (and was inducted again in 2010 as a member of the "Dream Team").

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