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    Bird's likeness has appeared in several video games. In One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird , Bird plays opposite Julius Erving in a game of one-on-one. A sequel, Jordan vs Bird: One on One , was a 1988 basketball video game.

  2. Sep 3, 2017 · Larry Bird in videogames through the years. 179 shares. share. post. email. By Raul Barrigon | September 3, 2017. Recommended videos. Powered by AnyClip. AnyClip Product Demo 2022.

    • 10He Grew Up in Poverty
    • 9His Father Shot Himself
    • 8HE Dropped Out of College and Worked as A Garbageman
    • 7His Rivalry with Magic Johnson Was Made Into A Documentary and A Broadway Play
    • 6Basketball Accomplishments
    • 5Comparison to Michael Jordan
    • 4Trash Talking
    • 3He Played His Last Years in The NBA Through Utter Pain
    • 2HE Never Forgot His Roots
    • 1HE Used to Be Kind of A Pig

    Larry Bird was born in West Baden, a small town next to French Lick, Indiana (itself a small farming town with a population of 2,000). He was the fourth of six children born to Joe and Georgia Bird. His father mainly worked construction between long stints of unemployment, and his mother worked in a diner to make ends meet. The family’s small house...

    When Larry Bird was just 18 years old, his father shot himselfright after making a phone call to Larry’s mother. The couple were divorced at that point, with Joe’s alcoholism being the main reason for their separation. Support payments were due and work was nonexistent, which led Joe to the decision that the family would be better served through in...

    Recruited by Bobby Knight of the legendary Indiana Hoosiers into Indiana University straight from high school, Larry Bird would last only a few weeks before he left—due to not only the strangeness of his new environment but a severe lack of funds. Larry returned home to French Lick, where he also dropped out of junior college. He took a job with th...

    Long after the two had retired from the NBA, their legends remained fresh in the minds of older and younger fans alike. This led HBO Sports to make the 2010 documentary Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals. Later on, the documentary was turned into a Broadway play. It was this rivalry that would mark the turning point for the NBA as an organization ...

    The amount of accomplishments Larry Bird had in the basketball world is simply mind-blowing. They include being a three-time NBA champion, three-time MVP, two-time Finals MVP, 12-time All-Star, All-Star Game MVP, NBA Rookie of the Year, three-time Three-Point Shootout Champion, and a two-time member of the “50–40–90” club (having a season scoring a...

    “Air” Jordan is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time—and rightly so. However, few people realize just how close to eclipsing that greatness Larry came in his career. A comparison between the two players reveals this truth. One can see that Larry matches or beats Jordan in almost every statistical category except point...

    Another legendary trait of Larry Bird was his extreme confidence, one that he was not afraid to show off on the court. He would often predict his game scores in advance, as well as tell the other team he would be getting the ball during clutch moments. He was simply never afraid once he stepped on the court, no matter the circumstances of the game....

    In 1985, Larry Bird decided to build the driveway of his mother’s home himself. He spent all day shoveling gravel and ended up hurting his back and causing his spine to get misaligned. Later on in his career, this injury, as well as multiple surgeries he had to remove spurs from the bones in his heels, would make every game he played a struggle. Fr...

    Larry Bird had homes in West Baden and French Lick, Indiana, which have now been turned into fancy hotels that any adoring fan can stay in. In 2007, Larry sold his home in French Lick just for this very purpose. Anyone with a reservation can now practice on the very court where Larry’s friendship with Magic Johnson began. In addition to that, there...

    For an athlete with such impressive skills and a rigorous training routine, at times Larry would simply let himself go. Early in his career, he would not only chew tobacco (much to the disgust of his teammates) but also drink heavily on more than one “victory night.” One time, he even managed to drink the giant Charles Barkley under the table, a fe...

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  3. May 25, 2017 · The 1983 release of One-on-One: Dr. J. vs. Larry Bird brought professional athletes into the video-game realm for the first time. It was a big leap forward for the company, and for the...

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  4. Sep 13, 2021 · Legends profile: Larry Bird. The Celtics' legendary playmaker is the only person in NBA history to win MVP, Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year in a career. From NBA.com Staff.

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  6. Mar 12, 2015 · Roaming the basketball court during his heyday, Larry Bird was a genius, an artist, a purist, and perfectionist, an ingenious passer, deadeye shooter, savvy rebounder and sly defender.