Larry Bird facts
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- Larry Joe Bird is a former American NBA basketball player.
- He is married to Dinah Mattingly.
- The band Dispatch has a song called "Just Like Larry" about Larry Bird, who is their hometown hero from his days as a member of the Boston Celtics.
- He was head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000.
- Larry Bird has 4 brothers and 1 sister.
- Prior to attending Indiana State University, Bird married his high school girlfriend, Janet Condra. The marriage lasted only 11 months, but produced a daughter, Corrie, born on August 14, 1977.
- Larry Bird went to Indiana State for college.
- In 2009, Boston University awarded Larry an Honorary Degree; Doctor of Letters.
- He played 13 seasons for the Boston Celtics.
- Larry Bird was the 1979 College Player of the Year for Indiana State University.
- Larry Bird was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1996.
- Olympic gold medalist (1992).
- Bird has appeared in three movies, Blue Chips, released in 1994 by Paramount, the Warner Brothers film Space Jam with Michael Jordan and Bill Murray in 1996, and Celtic Pride with Dan Aykroyd, Daniel Stern, and Damon Wayans, which was also released in 1996.
- Larry Bird was elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
- NBA Rookie of the Year (1980)
- He was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1978. (sixth overall)
- Due to back problems, he retired as a player from the NBA in 1992.
- In a phone commercial when Larry Bird tells Tweety Bird that they are not related, Tweety not only comments on them having the same last name but that they "look an awful lot alike".
- In 2003, Bird assumed the role of president of basketball operations for the Pacers, which he currently holds.
