Larry Bird Essay

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Ryan Hopkins
March 18, 2015
English II
Mr. Daniher
Life of Larry Bird Larry Bird was one of the people in the sport of basketball that will not be forgotten. He is one of the greats who fought to get where he was and did not stop fighting once he got there. Larry Bird was one of the greatest legends to ever step foot on the basketball court. Larry Bird was born on December 7th, 1956 in West Baden, Indiana. Larry grew up in French Lick, Indiana, which was a very sparsely populated region with only a couple hundred people living in the rural area, this is where he started playing basketball at the very late age of thirteen. From then on, he practiced and worked hard every day after school and even went to the gym to practice before school because …show more content…

Larry Bird did not get a scholarship to the school right when he applied, when he first went to college he had to pay but not the whole time he was at Indiana State University. He got a full ride scholarship and in 1979 in his senior season, he played in the NCAA basketball National Championship (only to lose) against his future NBA rival and friend, Earvin “Magic” Johnson and the Michigan State Spartans. The Indiana State Sycamores still finished 33-1 that season. (Baughman). After his final year of collegiate basketball, Bird won the AP College Player of the Year Award, Naismith Award, Wooden Award, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Adolph Rupp Trophy, and the NABC Player of the …show more content…

He led in rebounding with 10.4 rebounding. Larry Bird had 24.3 points per game (21,791 points in total), Had 6.3 assists per game (5,695 assists in total), and got at least 10 rebounds per game (8,974 rebounds in total). Larry Bird won the rookie of the year award his first year in 1980. He won the NBA All Star award twelve out of his thirteen years in the NBA and NBA's Most Valuable Player three out of the thirteen years in the NBA. Lastly, he won the NBA finals Most Valuable Player two out of the thirteen years in his NBA career. (Larry Bird

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